The self as destination or illusion: a comparative study of individuation in Jung and self-transcendence in Buddhist Vijñānavāda
Frontiers in Psychology June 30, 2026 Yiwen Zhang
This article examines whether Jung’s theory of individuation reaches a structural limit that Vijnanvada (Yogacara) Buddhist philosophy can identify and continue. Prior comparative scholarship has mapped Jungian archetypes onto Buddhist categories; this study argues that such approaches conceal a more fundamental asymmetry between the two traditions. The study employs structural-comparative...