alaya-vijnana; all-ground consciousness, as one of the eight collections of cognitions; consciousness as ground of all (ordinary/ samsaric) experience; abbr. of {kun gzhi'i rnam par shes pa}. Def. by Jamgön Kongtrül: {thun mong du grags pa 'khor 'das thams cad kyi gzhi byed pas na kun gzhi'i rnam shes}
all-ground consciousness; syn. for cognition {sems}