See From Phenomenology To Five-fold Meditation Consciousness-only

Five-fold meditation Consciousness-only is a dharma-gate of the Cien, which is collectedand organized by Master Kuiji from those classical scriptures and treatises of thoseConsciousness-only scholars. These are five kinds of distinctions made in level of realization,that is, from shallow to deep. They are:(1) The consciousness of expelling the false andabiding in the real;(2) The consciousness of the expulsion of confusion and holding to trueawareness;(3) Holding to the function and returning to the essence;(4) Concealing the meanand manifesting the superior;(5) dispelling manifestations and apprehending the true nature.These five folds manifest the most original and authentic characteristics of yoga practice. Thedifferent folds are indeed intuited by those yogis through long-term practicing. What isinteresting is that they have also been intuited by Husserl. Theory, which corresponds toFive-fold Consciousness-only, could be found in his phenomenology. Maybe both are theresult of “facing thing itself”. This article tries to explain Five-fold Consciousness-only byHusserl’s phenomenology, to show the similarities and differences betweenConsciousness-only and Phenomenology.