A Six-Layer Yogācāra Model of Emotion Generation: Implications for Constructionist Emotion Theory
Zhenguo Lai preprint
Contemporary emotion science lacks a Yogācāra‐grounded model capable of engaging constructionism’s central tension: operational reliance on category-like units despite rejecting natural-kind categories. Drawing on Asaṅga’s Yogācārabhūmi and the five omnipresent mental factors (sarvatraga-caittas), this article develops a six-layer model of emotion generation—from phenomenal awareness through...