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Yogacara
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Noun1.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
Mahayana Buddhism, Mahayana - one of two great schools of Buddhist doctrine emphasizing a common search for universal salvation especially through faith alone; the dominant religion of China and Tibet and Japan
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Yogacara, then, connotes the original and early development of the tradition, while Vijnanavada connotes the tradition's novel ontological and epistemological turn.
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