Complex sentence: The phrase "stream of consciousness" (Pali; "viññana-sota") occurs in early Buddhist scriptures, and the Yogachara school of Mahayana Buddhism developed the idea into a thorough theory of mind.
Split into simpler sentences: The phrase "stream of consciousness" (Pali; "viññana-sota") occurs in early Buddhist scriptures. The Yogachara school of Mahayana Buddhism developed the idea into a thorough theory of mind.