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Exposition of the Treatise Collection (Toh 1375) — The Mahāyāna Northern Tibetan Tradition
Background
The Tengyur of the Northern Transmission is a collection of the most profound methodological commentaries in the Mahāyāna tradition. The treatise (śāstra) Toh 1375 belongs to the transmission lineage of the Indian noble beings, masters who deeply realized the Mahāyāna Buddha Dharma through meditation and the attainment of fruition.
In the context of Northern Tibetan practice, these treatises are regarded as wise instructions that guide practitioners from the basic stage to the higher bodhisattva grounds (bhūmi). This practice is not purely theoretical, but consists of practical instructions (prayoga) based on the fundamental scriptures of the Buddha Dharma, especially the Sūtrānta scriptures and Tantra.
Main Contents
Although the original title has not been clearly identified, according to its position and the context of the Tengyur, treatise Toh 1375 gives guidance on an essential aspect of the Mahāyāna Northern Transmission: the cultivation of the bodhisattva path through two principal dharmas, Conceptual Designation (prajñaptivāda) and Lack of Inherent Nature (śūnyatā).
This treatise explains clearly that the bodhisattva path is not only the effort to accumulate merit (punya-sambhāra), but must also cultivate the accumulation of wisdom (prajñā-sambhāra) in parallel. These two accumulations (dvi-sambhāra) are inseparable factors leading to buddhahood (buddhakāya).
In particular, the treatise emphasizes that understanding emptiness is not something negative or insipid, but luminous wisdom (prabhasvara-citta), the mind naturally luminous from beginningless time, which is the basis for the arising of love, compassion, joy, and equanimity (brahmavihāra) in a true and infinitely powerful way. From this, the bodhisattva can act for the benefit of sentient beings without being bound by attachment, aversion, and delusion.
The treatise also gives instruction on three levels of practice: Shallow (low), Intermediate (middle), and Profound (deep).
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