Persona Classification Layer
Compare Personas
Pick two or more historical figures to set their attribute fingerprints, dimension-by-dimension evidence, and shared school influences side by side.
Vasubandhu
Vijñaptimātratā — "mere cognition" — the world as the structured unfolding of consciousness
Attribute Fingerprint
Rows where personas disagree are highlighted in gold. The full ontology grid (32 attributes) is shown.
| Attribute | Vasubandhu |
|---|---|
| Time · Extent | Infinite |
| Time · Ontological Status | Emergent |
| Time · Grain | Continuous |
| Time · Freedom | Deterministic |
| Time · Traversability | Cyclical |
| Time · Dimensionality | One |
| Time · Direction | Uni-directional |
| Space · Extent | Finite |
| Space · Ontological Status | Emergent |
| Space · Curvature | Undefined |
| Space · Dimensionality | Three |
| Space · Locality | Non-local |
| Matter · Extent | Finite |
| Matter · Ontological Status | Emergent |
| Matter · Conservation | Non-conserved |
| Matter · Dimensionality | Three |
| Matter · Locality | Non-local |
| Observer · Time Instance | Multiple |
| Observer · Space Instance | Multiple |
| Observer · Knowledge Extent | Immediate |
| Observer · Knowledge Retainment | Total |
| Observer · Physicality | Disembodied |
| Observer · Agency | Active |
| Observer · Number | Plural |
| Observer · Metaphysical Agency | Cosmic-ordering |
| Observer · Moral Authority | Experience |
| Observer · Theological Method | Mystical |
| Energy · Extent | Finite |
| Energy · Ontological Status | Emergent |
| Energy · Conservation | Non-conserved |
| Energy · Dispersibility | Reversible |
| Information · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Information · Cosmic Conservation | Conserved |
| Information · Personal Conservation | Conserved |
| Information · Granularity | Continuous |
Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence
What each persona's writings reveal about their stance on each of the six dimensions.
Time
Vasubandhu
Cyclical kalpic time emergent from consciousness; the karmic seeds ripen across lifetimes.
Space
Vasubandhu
Emergent — space is constituted by the structured unfolding of consciousness, not an independent container.
Matter
Vasubandhu
Emergent non-conserved — matter is appearance constituted by ripening seeds of consciousness.
Observer
Vasubandhu
Plural ālayavijñāna-bearing observers; multiple time/space instances through reincarnation and meditative attainment. Cosmic-ordering through the structure of consciousness itself.
Energy
Vasubandhu
Emergent and non-conserved; the cosmic energetic regime is the dynamics of consciousness.
Information
Vasubandhu
Karmic seeds (bīja) in the storehouse consciousness conserve information across lifetimes; the stream of consciousness is the personal-continuity carrier.
Internal Tensions
Where each persona's working synthesis strains against itself.
Yogācāra is divided between weaker (epistemic) and stronger (metaphysical) idealist readings. The Tibetan Geluk tradition (Tsongkhapa and his successors) read Vasubandhu cautiously, preferring the Madhyamaka emphasis on emptiness; the Jonang and some Nyingma traditions are more comfortable with stronger Yogācāra positions. The traditional account of a single Vasubandhu authoring both the Abhidharmakośa and the Yogācāra works is now widely doubted by modern philology; many scholars posit two Vasubandhus.