Mindstream (citta-santāna) in Buddhist philosophy is the moment-to-moment continuum (Sanskrit: saṃtāna) of awareness which provides a continuity from one life to another. The concept developed in later Yogacara, to avoid reification of the ālaya-vijñāna.

Mindstream (citta-santāna) in Buddhist philosophy is the moment-to-moment continuum (Sanskrit: saṃtāna) of awareness which provides a continuity from one life to another. The concept developed in later Yogacara, to avoid reification of the ālaya-vijñāna.