From Yogācāra to Compassion: Dissolving the Boundary Between Self and Other

Conventional Buddhist hermeneutics frequently proceed along the trajectory Dependent Origination → Non-self → Compassion. While effective, this framework remains dependent on an external causal model. Yogācāra (Vijñaptimātratā, “consciousness-only”) offers a distinct ontological standpoint in which all phenomena are manifestations of consciousness, dissolving the subject–object dichotomy at the moment of recognition. On this basis, the present paper proposes an alternative pathway: Yogācāra → Boundary Dissolution → Reframing → Compassion.