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The Eight-Consciousness Model of Ethical Decision Making

Review of Social Sciences

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Title The Eight-Consciousness Model of Ethical Decision Making
 
Creator LIAO, JENSHENG
Chien, Charles S.
 
Subject Philosophy of religion;Philosophy of social science;Religious studies
eight consciousness, ethical decision, Vijñānavāda, manas.
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Description This article explores a model of Vijñānavāda generally known as the eight consciousnesses, which relates to understanding consciousness itself from the Vijñānavāda perspective. The model is mainly based on the description in the ‘Verses Delineating the Eight Consciousnesses’. According to the eight-consciousness model, our entire consciousness involves the eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, mental consciousness, the manas and the ālayavijñāna. These components are presented beginning with the single mind through the increasing complexity of the process of consciousness. In this article, this model is examined as a potential theoretical resource that could guide insight, knowledge and enlightenment. Herein, it is expounded how the eight-consciousness model can increase our understanding of ethical decision making and develop a perspective that can facilitate enlightenment. This paper does not treat a very dense and complex doctrine of Vijñānavāda. However, when considering the actions and intentions that occur in the mind, these investigations represent the transformation of consciousness into wisdom. 
 
Publisher LAR Center Press
 
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Date 2017-10-16
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
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Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://www.socialsciencejournal.org/index.php/site/article/view/112
10.18533/rss.v2i9.112
 
Source Review of Social Sciences; Vol 2, No 9 (2017): September; 1-10
2378-8550
2378-8569
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://www.socialsciencejournal.org/index.php/site/article/view/112/55
http://www.socialsciencejournal.org/index.php/site/article/downloadSuppFile/112/34
http://www.socialsciencejournal.org/index.php/site/article/downloadSuppFile/112/35
 
Rights Copyright (c) 2017 JENSHENG LIAO, Charles S. Chien
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