Are there Buddhist conceptions of the unconscious? If so, are they more Freudian, Jungian, or something else? If not, can Buddhist conceptions be reconciled with the Freudian, Jungian, or other models? These are some of the questions that have motivated modern scholarship to approach alayavijnana. the storehose consciousensss, formulated in Yogacara Buddhism as a subliminal reservoir of tendencies, habits, and future possibilities.

Yogacara Buddhism And Modern Psychology, Tao Jiang, Motilal Banarsidass Publishers, Hardcover, 198 pages, $22.00

Tao Jiang is Professor of Religion and Philosophy at Rutgers, with joint appointments in the Department of Religion and the Department of Philosophy. His areas of specializations include classical Chinese philosophy, Mahayana Buddhist philosophy, and cross-cultural philosophy. He is the author of Origins of Moral-Political Philosophy in Early China (Oxford University Press, 2021; Honorable Mention of the 2023 Joseph Levenson Prize), Contexts and Dialogue: Yogacara Buddhism and Modern Psychology on the Subliminal Mind, and the co-editor of The Reception and Rendition of Freud in China. He directs Rutgers Center for Chinese Studies and co-chairs the Neo-Confucian Studies Seminar at Columbia University.