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Exposition of Toh 1155 — Tengyur (Tibetan Abhidharma Piṭaka)
Context
This scripture belongs to the Tengyur (Bka' 'gyur), a collection of Buddhist commentaries of the Mahayana tradition, the Northern Transmitted Tibetan tradition, especially within the treasury of Tibetan Buddhism. The Tengyur is the “Abhidharma Piṭaka” (Śāstratantra), consisting of commentaries and treatises by ancient masters explaining the Sūtra Piṭaka (Sūtrataṇtra).
The Northern Transmitted Tibetan tradition, commonly called Tibetan Buddhism, fully inherits the teachings transmitted from India through great masters such as Bodhisattva Padmasambhava, Atiśa, and Tsongkhapa. The theories in the Tengyur reflect the essence of the Mahayana, especially the doctrines of Tathāgatagarbha (the inherent Buddha-nature) and Madhyamaka (the Middle Way, the doctrine of śūnyatā, emptiness).
The content of this scripture, although no specific title is clearly recorded, lies within the context of profound teachings on the nature of mind, awakening, and the path of practice leading toward Buddhahood in the Mahayana tradition.
Main Content
The commentaries in the Tengyur often focus on three core themes of the Mahayana. First, they affirm that all sentient beings possess Buddha-nature, or Gotra (the wisdom or potential for becoming a Buddha). This means that everyone, from human beings to other living species, has the capacity for awakening and for becoming a Buddha, not only arhats or pratyekabuddhas.
Second, these commentaries delve deeply into the Bodhisattva path, in which the practitioner does not seek only personal liberation but strives for the liberation of all sentient beings. Bodhicitta, or the mind directed toward awakening for the benefit of beings, is the foundation of this entire path.
Third, the commentaries emphasize śūnyatā (emptiness), the profound understanding that all phenomena lack self-existing essence and have no absolute self. This is not a negative emptiness, but a liberating emptiness that opens into the wisdom of the Buddha.
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