Vijnana Vihara was created in 1980.

Vijnana Vihara School was created on 1990-04-01.

Vijnana Vihara School's motto is 'Enter to Learn, Leave to Serve'.

There are usually 6, 9, or 12. 6 Perfections (Paramitas) 9 Consciousness (Vijnana) 12 Links of Causation (Pratiya-Samutpada) After tonsuring, they are usually branded there via incense.

When the very "basis" (ashraya/alaya) of our being is transformed (paravritti)), we mystically see beyond the wave-like phenomenal world of birth and death thus spiritually entering the basis. This entrance is an experiential actualization that goes beyond the realm of ordinary human perception. At once we stand in the presence of pure Mind which is eternal (dhruva), luminous, and extremely blissful. It is also nirvana or the same, mahabodhi.