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Analysis of Yoga in the Samdhinirmocana-sutra
a) Samdhinirmocana-sūtra-bhāsya by Asanga ? (Peking ed. No. 5481,
Vol. 104) b) Samdhinirmocana-sūtre Arya-Maitreya-kevala-parivarta-bhāşya by
Jñāna-garbha (No. 5535, Vol. 109) c) Samdhinirmocana-sūtra-vyākhyāna by Byan-chub rdsu-ḥphrul
(No. 5845, Vol. 144)
(Yogācāra)
One of the early examples of this word can be found in the Śikṣāsamuccaya of śāntideva.
“Tatra Kāśyapa yo bhikṣur yogācāri bhavati, tasya tena vaiyāvstya-karena bhikṣunā'nulomikāny upakaraṇāny upasam. hartavyāni glāna-pratyaya-bhaişajya-parişkārāś ca / yasmimś ca pradeśe sa yogācāri bhikṣuḥ prativasanti tasmin pradeśe nôccaśabdaḥ kartavyaḥ/ rakṣitavyo vaiyāvstya-karena bhikṣunā yogācāri bhikṣuḥ / śayyâsana-upastambhanâsya kartavyā / praņītāni ca sampriyāņi yogācārabhūmy-anukūlāni khādaniyabhojanīyāny upanāyitavyāni / (Bendall ed. p. 55)
:""Then too, O Kāśyapa, in a case where a monk practises self-discipline, your serving monk must collect the means of assistance suitable to the occasion, and also requisites, medicaments, and appurtenances for any bodily failure; and in the
place where this monk lives no loud noise must be allowed; - but the serving monk must watch over the monk under
discipline, must prop up his bed or seat, and must offer him food both hard and soft, pleasant, acceptable, and suited to
the character of his disciplinary course." (Bendall tr. p. 56) We are not sure why the Chinese translator used HE (lit.
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