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Exposition of the Scripture Toh 1966 - Northern Tibetan Tradition
Background
The scripture Toh 1966 belongs to the Tengyur, that is, the Tibetan Treatise Collection, a collection of discourses appended to the teachings of Buddha Shakyamuni. In the Northern Tibetan Mahayana tradition, the Tengyur is regarded as developments of thought based on the scriptures, composed by enlightened masters after the time of the Buddha in order to clarify the Buddha’s intention and support practitioners in entering the true Dharma.
The position of Toh 1966 in the Tengyur shows that this is a treatise related to the field of Abhidharma (higher knowledge) or to advanced Mahayana methods of practice. In the context of the Northern Tibetan tradition, treatises of this kind are used to teach monastics how to reflect fully on the nature of reality, and from there apply this understanding in meditation and compassionate action.
Main Content
Although the title of this scripture has not yet been fully translated, within the context of the Tengyur, Toh 1966 very likely concerns one of the core themes of the Mahayana: (1) the Buddha-nature of all beings; (2) the teaching on the Dharmakaya and the bodies of the Buddha; or (3) the theory of Mind (Cittamatra) and the transformation of consciousness.
In the Northern Tibetan tradition, treatises of this kind often emphasize that every mind and every phenomenon lacks independent self-nature (anatman, no-self). They function according to causes and conditions (pratityasamutpada), within an infinite web of interaction. From this understanding, the practitioner realizes that apart from mind nothing exists independently, and that this mind is originally of the nature of emptiness (shunyata), luminosity (prakasha), and freedom (vimutti).
An important aspect of the Tengyur is the way it harmonizes Yogacara thought (mind-only) and Madhyamaka (the Middle Way), helping the practitioner avoid the two extremes: nihilism or absolute materialism. The treatise Toh 1966 may be one of the efforts to clarify this bridge.
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