What are the 8 Consciousness in Chinese Buddhism

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                          The answeres to the following question: https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/questions/13686/is-the-ocean-samadhi-a-metaphor-or-an-actual-meditation  implply there are 8 types of conciousness in Chinese Buddhism. What are these? How did they originate? Is this there a common text with Theravada which is cited deriving or rationalising this?
                        

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Feb 16, 2016, 02:47 AM
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What are the 8 Consciousness in Chinese Buddhism

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