consciousness-only; mind-only; vijñapti-mātratā
A core doctrine of the Yogācāra school of Mahayana Buddhism, asserting that all phenomena are manifestations of consciousness and no external reality exists independent of the mind.
In the doctrine of consciousness-only, external objects are considered to be nothing but manifestations of the mind.
From Middle Chinese 唯識 (MC ywij syik), a translation of Sanskrit vijñapti-mātratā (consciousness-only).