First para of article “WHAT WE THINK, WE DO. Our mind determines our personality. This article deals with the definition of personality according to Buddhism. Buddha says: ‘I say bhikkus that volition is action. Having thought, one acts through body, speech, and mind.’1 The Yogachara or Vijnanavada school of Mahayana Buddhism deals with human personality in great detail. Yogachara, which had its genesis in the Samdhinirmochana Sutra (second century ce), was largely formulated by Acharyas Asanga and Vasubandhu. The Samdhinirmochana Sutra is the seminal text of the Yogachara school. The Lankavatara Sutra (fourth century ce) is another very important text of this school. The Mahayana Mahaparinirvana Sutra is also considered important. There are innumerable philosophical schools of Buddhism but the four principal ones are: Madhyamika, with its doctrine of shunya, nihilism; Vijnanavada, and its subjective idealism; Sautrantika, representationists; and, Vaibhasika, realists.”

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