This volume primarily focuses upon the Yogācāra-Vij?ānavādin concepts of mind and its means of expression such as the various consciousnesses, the nature of the bījas, and the ālayavij?āna. From this basis, related topics such as the nature of light, the simile of a river with respect to the flow of a consciousness-stream, and the nāḍīs that convey prāṇas, are explored. This allows consideration...