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Exposition of Toh 1793 — The Tengyur Treatise Collection (Northern Transmission Tradition)
Context
Toh 1793 belongs to the Treatise Collection (Abhidharmakoṣa-bhāṣya) within the Tengyur, the collection of commentaries and annotations on the scriptures of the Buddhadharma, translated and compiled by great Tibetan scholars. In the Mahayana Northern Transmission, the Tengyur is regarded as a treasury of wisdom that helps us deeply understand the teachings of the Buddhadharma through the commentaries of bodhisattvas and ancient treatise masters.
The Northern Transmission tradition values the union of the Sutra Collection, the original scriptures, and the Treatise Collection, the logical and philosophical explanations. This reflects the comprehensive nature of the Buddhadharma: it requires not only faith, but also clear understanding through reason and analysis. The Tengyur Treatise Collection is therefore a body of scripture for us to study, reflect upon, and meditate upon.
Main Content
Although the title of this scripture has not been specified in the descriptive information, from its position within the Tengyur, Toh 1793 is part of the profound commentarial literature on fundamental issues in the Buddhadharma. The treatises in the Tengyur often include topics such as the nature of impermanence (Anicca), non-self (Anattā), the path concerning suffering (Dukkha), the factors of mind and body (Skandha), cause and effect and all lifetimes in saṃsāra, or the paths of bodhisattva practice.
In the Northern Transmission tradition, treatises such as this are not useless abstract theories, but tools of wisdom for counteracting afflictions (Kleśa) and destroying illusions. Each passage of analysis is tightly structured in logic, arguing step by step, so as gradually to break down the fundamental misunderstandings we have about the world, about self, and about the true nature of phenomena.
Practical Meaning
The study of the treatises in the Northern Transmission tradition is a sacred part of the path of practice.
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