All Dharmas Originate from Fundamental Consciousnesses (Alayavijnana)

( True Enlightenment Newsletter, Vol. 53, June 2009)

When nothing is obtained in every dharma is termed “having achieved bodhi.” That bodhi is there only caters for the Buddhist novices. Arhat’s attainment of fruition of liberation is a case in point. He verifies nothing is obtainable in dharmas whereas bodhi is said to be there in secular terms. Yet the truth is: bodhi is never obtainable.
-- The Sutra on the Magnificent Bodhi Mind that Buddha Expounds

於一切法無所得，是名得菩提。為始行眾生故說有菩提。
如阿羅漢取證，於法無所得，以世俗言詞故說有菩提，然菩提實不可得。
--《佛說莊嚴菩提心經》


All minds, all mental functions, all deeds, and all objects of the three-realms are dharmas originating from fundamental consciousnesses (TK: vijnana). Even the mountains, the rivers, and the great earth, which serve as the performing stage for receiving karmic effects and creating new karmas, result from the effects of karmic seeds stored in the fundamental consciousnesses (TK: vijnana) of karmically related sentient beings. Therefore, all dharmas originate from fundamental consciousnesses (TK: vijnana).
-- Pings Xiao, The Correct Meanings of “The Agama Sutras”, Vol. 5, True Wisdom Publisher, Taipei, 2007/04/01

三界中一切心、心所、事、物都是法，也都是由本識中出生，乃至山河大地也都是由共業眾生的本識蘊藏的業種合力所出生，作為受報及重新造業的舞臺，所以一切法都是由本識所出生。
--《阿含正義》第五輯