Aspects of Mahayana Buddhism and its Relation to Hinayana c7.s2.t7.4

c7.s2.t7.4

The Abhisamayālaṅkārakārikā³ and the Pañcaviṃśatisāhasrikā-prajñāpāramitā,⁴ important text-books of the Yogācāra school, define the Dharmakāya with a similar sense. They say that the various dharmas, viz., Bodhipakṣikas, Apramāṇas, Vimoksas, Samāpattis and so forth, constitute Sarvajñatā (omniscience) and Sarvajñatā is the Dharmakāya. It should be noted that the Kārikā and the Prajñāpāramitā use this expression in a sense different from that current in the Mahāyāna texts. They really mean the Svasambhogakāya of the later Vijñānavādins.