| yogacara | one of the main traditions of Mahayana Buddhism; holds that the mind is real but that objects are just ideas or states of consciousness | en | |||
| Yogacara | or Vijnanavada Idealistic school of Mahayana Buddhism. It rejects the complete realism of Theravada Buddhism and the practical realism of the Madhyamika school, preferring a more complicated position in which the reality perceived by humans does not exist but only appears to do so by virtue of the capacity of the mind to perceive patterns of continuity and regularity. Yogacara emerged in India about the 2nd century and was introduced into China in the 7th century by Xuanzang. It was transmitted to Japan in the mid-7th century as Hoss | en | |||
