Levels of consciousness in Buddhism

Eight levels of consciousness

  1. eye-consciousness, ear-consciousness, nose-consciousness, tongue-consciousness, body-consciousness, mind-consciousness (意識)
  2. Manas-consciousness (末那識)
  3. Alaya-consciousness (阿賴耶識) - storehouse / seed consciousness (蔵識)
    • imprints of memories and karma from our actions

Mind, Buddhism