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	See also: [[Yogācāra#Eighth consciousness\|Ālayavijñāna]]		See also: [[Yogācāra#Eighth consciousness\|Ālayavijñāna]]

	==~~Online~~ resources==		== Additional resources ==
	===Articles===		===Articles===
	* [https://theosophy.world/encyclopedia/Alaya Alaya] at Theosophy World		* [https://theosophy.world/encyclopedia/Alaya Alaya] in Theosophy World
	*[https://www.theosophical.org/publications/quest-magazine/alayas-self Alaya's Self] by Sue Prescott		* [https://www.theosophical.org/publications/quest-magazine/alayas-self Alaya's Self] by Sue Prescott

	===Books===		=== Books ===
	*[http://www.misterdanger.net/books/Buddhism%20Books/The%20buddhist%20unconscious.pdf# The Buddhist Unconscious. The alaya-vijñana in the context of Indian Buddhist thought] by W. S. Waldron.		* [http://www.misterdanger.net/books/Buddhism%20Books/The%20buddhist%20unconscious.pdf# The Buddhist Unconscious. The alaya-vijñana in the context of Indian Buddhist thought] by W. S. Waldron.

	== Notes ==		== Notes ==

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	* [https://theosophy.world/encyclopedia/Alaya Alaya] at Theosophy World		* [https://theosophy.world/encyclopedia/Alaya Alaya] at Theosophy World
	*[~~http~~://www.theosophical.org/publications/quest-magazine/~~1267#~~ Alaya's Self] by Sue Prescott		*[https://www.theosophical.org/publications/quest-magazine/alayas-self Alaya's Self] by Sue Prescott

	===Books===		===Books===
	*[http://www.misterdanger.net/books/Buddhism%20Books/The%20buddhist%20unconscious.pdf# The Buddhist Unconscious. The alaya-vijñana in the context of Indian Buddhist thought] by W. S. Waldron.		*[http://www.misterdanger.net/books/Buddhism%20Books/The%20buddhist%20unconscious.pdf# The Buddhist Unconscious. The alaya-vijñana in the context of Indian Buddhist thought] by W. S. Waldron.

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	In the [[Theosophy\|Theosophical]] view, Alaya is regarded as the Universal Soul as the basis of all. In the listing of [[Plane#Macrocosmic or Solar planes\|cosmic planes]], Alaya is regarded as the sixth one (counting from the lowest plane "upwards"). However, it is also reflected on the corresponding [[Plane#Prakritic planes\|Prakritic planes]]. In human beings, [[buddhi]] is regarded as a ray of Alaya.		In the [[Theosophy\|Theosophical]] view, Alaya is regarded as the Universal Soul as the basis of all. In the listing of [[Plane#Macrocosmic or Solar planes\|cosmic planes]], Alaya is regarded as the sixth one (counting from the lowest plane "upwards"). However, it is also reflected on the corresponding [[Plane#Prakritic planes\|Prakritic planes]]. In human beings, [[buddhi]] is regarded as a ray of Alaya.

	The terms [[anima mundi]] and [[over-soul]]<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Theosophical Glossary'' (Krotona, CA: Theosophical Publishing House, 1980), 48.</ref> are frequently used as ~~a synonym~~ for ālaya.		The terms [[anima mundi]] and [[over-soul]]<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Theosophical Glossary'' (Krotona, CA: Theosophical Publishing House, 1980), 48.</ref> are frequently used as synonyms for ālaya.

	== General description ==		== General description ==

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	*[~~http~~://~~www.~~theosophy.ph/~~encyclo~~/~~index.php?title=%C4%80laya# Ālaya~~] at ~~Theosopedia~~		* [https://theosophy.world/encyclopedia/Alaya Alaya] at Theosophy World
	*[http://www.theosophical.org/publications/quest-magazine/1267# Alaya's Self] by Sue Prescott		*[http://www.theosophical.org/publications/quest-magazine/1267# Alaya's Self] by Sue Prescott
	===Books===		===Books===

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	In [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky\|Mme. Blavatsky]]'s writings, man's sixth principle ([[buddhi]]) is regarded as "a ray of the Universal Spiritual Soul (Alaya)":<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. XII (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1988), 607.</ref>		In [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky\|Mme. Blavatsky]]'s writings, man's sixth principle ([[buddhi]]) is regarded as "a ray of the Universal Spiritual Soul (Alaya)":<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. XII (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1988), 607.</ref>

	<blockquote>Buddhi stands to the divine Root-Essence in the same relation as ~~Mûlaprakiti~~ to Parabrahman, in the Vedânta School; or as Alaya, the Universal Soul, to the One Eternal Spirit, or that which is beyond Spirit.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. XII (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1988), 603.</ref></blockquote>		<blockquote>Buddhi stands to the divine Root-Essence in the same relation as [[Mulaprakriti]] to Parabrahman, in the Vedânta School; or as Alaya, the Universal Soul, to the One Eternal Spirit, or that which is beyond Spirit.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. XII (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1988), 603.</ref></blockquote>

	In mystical treatises such as [[The Voice of the Silence (book)\|''The Voice of the Silence'']] ālaya is said to be the "Master-Soul", in whom the mystic has to dwell:		In mystical treatises such as [[The Voice of the Silence (book)\|''The Voice of the Silence'']] ālaya is said to be the "Master-Soul", in whom the mystic has to dwell:

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	#~~REDIRECT~~ [[Ālaya]]		'''Alaya''' (devanāgarī: आलय Ālaya) is a [[Sanskrit]] word meaning "abode, dwelling." In the [[Yogacara]] school of [[Buddhism]] it is usually employed in connection with the word ''vijñāna'' (consciousness) as ''ālayavijñāna'' ("store-house consciousness"). In [[Theosophy]] it refers to the sixth universal [[principle]], the universal soul.

			In the [[Theosophy\|Theosophical]] view, Alaya is regarded as the Universal Soul as the basis of all. In the listing of [[Plane#Macrocosmic or Solar planes\|cosmic planes]], Alaya is regarded as the sixth one (counting from the lowest plane "upwards"). However, it is also reflected on the corresponding [[Plane#Prakritic planes\|Prakritic planes]]. In human beings, [[buddhi]] is regarded as a ray of Alaya.

			The terms [[anima mundi]] and [[over-soul]]<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Theosophical Glossary'' (Krotona, CA: Theosophical Publishing House, 1980), 48.</ref> are frequently used as a synonym for ālaya.

			== General description ==

			[[H. P. Blavatsky]] wrote:

			<blockquote>What is the belief of the inner [[Esoteric Philosophy\|esoteric Schools]]? the reader may ask. What are the doctrines taught on this subject by the Esoteric “Buddhists”? With them “Alaya” has a double and even a triple meaning. In the [[Yogācāra\|Yogacharya]] system of the contemplative [[Mahāyāna Buddhism\|Mahayana school]], Alaya is both the Universal Soul ([[Anima Mundi]]) and the Self of a progressed [[adept]]. “He who is strong in the Yoga can introduce at will his Alaya by means of meditation into the true Nature of Existence.” The “Alaya has an absolute eternal existence,” says Aryasanga.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. I, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 49.</ref></blockquote>

			She defined ālaya as follows:

			<blockquote>The Universal Soul (See Secret Doctrine Vol. I. pp. 47 et seq.). The name belongs to the Tibetan system of the contemplative Mahâyâna School. Identical with Âkâsa in its mystic sense, and with Mûlaprakriti, in its essence, as it is the basis or root of all things.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Theosophical Glossary'' (Krotona, CA: Theosophical Publishing House, 1973), 14.</ref></blockquote>
			[[File:Seven Planes - HPB.JPG\|right\|150px\|thumb\|Seven cosmic planes according to H. P. Blavatsky]]
			When describing the [[Planes#Macrocosmic or Solar planes\|cosmic planes]], [[H. P. Blavatsky\|Mme. Blavatsky]] makes ālaya the sixth. In the quote above she says that it is identical with [[ākāśa]] (the fifth cosmic principle) "in its mystic sense." [[Mūlaprakṛti]], being ālaya's essence, can be regarded as the [[seventh principle\|seventh cosmic principle]]. All this on the side of [[matter]] or substance.

			[[Mahat]], the Universal Mind, is said to be the [[manvantara\|manvantaric]] aspect of alaya, the Universal Soul.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. XII (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1980), 636.</ref> And just as the sixth and fifth principles in human beings ([[buddhi]] and [[manas]]) are frequently referred to as working together, we find similar references applied to these cosmic principles, such as the phrases Alaya-Akasha<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. XII (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1980), 371.</ref> or Alaya-Mahat.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. XII (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1980), 313.</ref>

			The cosmic Alaya is reflected on the corresponding [[Plane#Prakritic planes\|Prakritic planes]], which are within the reach real Yogis:

			<blockquote>Alaya, though eternal and changeless in its inner essence on the planes which are unreachable by either men or Cosmic Gods (Dhyani Buddhas), alters during the active life-period with respect to the lower planes, ours included. During that time not only the Dhyani-Buddhas are one with Alaya in Soul and Essence, but even the man strong in the Yoga (mystic meditation) “is able to merge his soul with it” (Aryâsanga, the Bumapa school). This is not Nirvana, but a condition next to it.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. I, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 48.</ref></blockquote>

			=== The Master Soul ===

			In [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky\|Mme. Blavatsky]]'s writings, man's sixth principle ([[buddhi]]) is regarded as "a ray of the Universal Spiritual Soul (Alaya)":<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. XII (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1988), 607.</ref>

			<blockquote>Buddhi stands to the divine Root-Essence in the same relation as Mûlaprakiti to Parabrahman, in the Vedânta School; or as Alaya, the Universal Soul, to the One Eternal Spirit, or that which is beyond Spirit.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. XII (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1988), 603.</ref></blockquote>

			In mystical treatises such as [[The Voice of the Silence (book)\|''The Voice of the Silence'']] ālaya is said to be the "Master-Soul", in whom the mystic has to dwell:

			<blockquote>Of teachers there are many; the MASTER-SOUL is one, Alaya, the Universal Soul. Live in that MASTER as Its ray in thee. Live in thy fellows as they live in It.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Voice of the Silence'' (Adyar, Madras: Theosophical Publishing House, 1992), 49-50.</ref></blockquote>

			However, although ālaya is in every human being, very few are able to get in touch with it:

			<blockquote>Alas, alas, that all men should possess Alaya, be one with the great Soul, and that possessing it, Alaya should so little avail them!<br>
			Behold how like the moon, reflected in the tranquil waves, Alaya is reflected by the small and by the great, is mirrored in the tiniest atoms, yet fails to reach the heart of all. Alas, that so few men should profit by the gift, the priceless boon of learning truth, the right perception of existing things, the Knowledge of the non-existent!<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Voice of the Silence'' (Adyar, Madras: Theosophical Publishing House, 1992), 24.</ref></blockquote>

			The difficulty lies in the fact that ālaya can only be reflected in a highly spiritual and passionless mind:

			<blockquote>Ālaya, or Nying-po, being the root and basis of all, invisible and incomprehensible to human eye and intellect, it can reflect only its reflection—not Itself. Thus that reflection will be mirrored like the moon in tranquil and clear water only in the passionless [[Dharmakāya]] intellect, and will be distorted by the flitting image of everything perceived in a mind that is itself liable to be disturbed.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. XIV (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1995), 439.</ref></blockquote>

			The ultimate aim of the mystic is "to be able to identify himself with and to merge himself into it".<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Voice of the Silence'' (Adyar, Madras: Theosophical Publishing House, 1992), 88.</ref></blockquote>

			== In Buddhism ==

			In Tibetan Buddhism the term Ālaya is taken as a "universal ground" (Tib. ''kun gzhi'') with the quality of "pristine awareness", called [[Yogācāra#Eighth consciousness\|''Ālayavijñāna'']] (Tib. ''kun gzhi ye shes'').<ref>[http://54-209.bluehost.com/bbs/viewthread.php?action=printable&tid=6240&sid=890A9F# Tibetan Zhentong Discourse I] at shilun.org</ref>

			See also: [[Yogācāra#Eighth consciousness\|Ālayavijñāna]]

			==Online resources==
			===Articles===
			*[http://www.theosophy.ph/encyclo/index.php?title=%C4%80laya# Ālaya] at Theosopedia
			*[http://www.theosophical.org/publications/quest-magazine/1267# Alaya's Self] by Sue Prescott
			===Books===
			*[http://www.misterdanger.net/books/Buddhism%20Books/The%20buddhist%20unconscious.pdf# The Buddhist Unconscious. The alaya-vijñana in the context of Indian Buddhist thought] by W. S. Waldron.

			== Notes ==
			<references/>

			[[Category:Sanskrit terms]]
			[[Category:Theosophical concepts]]
			[[Category:Concepts in The Secret Doctrine]]
			[[Category:Buddhist concepts]]

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