- Psycho-physical elements(as the other components that consciousness is said to be more fundamental than)
- The combination of mental things (like thoughts and emotions) and physical things (like the body and sensory experiences).
- Vijñānavāda(as a major Buddhist philosophical tradition)
- A school of Buddhist philosophy that teaches consciousness is the fundamental reality underlying everything we experience.
- Yogācāra(Buddhist philosophy debate with realism)
- A Buddhist philosophical school that argues against the reality of external objects, here described as mounting defensive arguments against realist challenges
- primacy(as used in metaphysics)
- The state of being first in importance, rank, or order.
- substratum(Metaphysics of substance; contrasted with Aristotle's prime matter)
- An ontologically basic component that lacks positive nature but serves as the bearer of predication and enables collections of properties to constitute enduring, change-sustaining things of particular kinds.
- vijñāna(Ramakrishna's post-samadhi state; contrasted with pure samadhi, which dissolves the dual perspective entirely)
- A state of intimate knowledge in which one can perceive both the non-dual ground of reality (the 'roof') and the multiplicity of forms and paths leading to it (the 'steps'), recognizing both as made of the same substance
- Ālayavijñāna(as the foundational layer of consciousness in Buddhist thought)
- Sanskrit for 'storehouse consciousness'—the idea that there's a deep level of consciousness that holds all our memories, habits, and the seeds of future experiences.