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    It is not the case that The Yogācāra tradition, particularly Asaṅga in the Mahāyānasaṃgraha, identifies the ālayavijñāna as the substratum of karmic seeds, including morally valenced tendencies.

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    • 1.Positing ālayavijñāna as a karmic substrate risks reintroducing a quasi-permanent substratum, undercutting the non-self doctrine it claims to preserve.
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    • 2.Empirical verification of karmic seeds stored in ālayavijñāna is impossible; the theory may be unfalsifiable metaphysics rather than genuine explanation.
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    • 3.Earlier Buddhist schools explained karmic continuity through causal conditioning alone, suggesting Yogācāra's ālayavijñāna is an unnecessary theoretical addition.
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    • 1.Karmic causation requires a continuous substrate across rebirth; ālayavijñāna explains how moral tendencies persist without a permanent self.
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    • 2.Phenomenological evidence shows habitual mental patterns that predate conscious learning, suggesting an underlying repository of dispositions.
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    • 3.Asaṅga's framework coherently integrates karma, rebirth, and momentary consciousness without contradicting Buddhist non-self doctrine.
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