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Exposition of Toh 2067 - Tibetan Treatise Collection

Context

Toh 2067 belongs to the Tengyur, the collection of treatises and instructions by great Buddhist masters after the period of the Buddha in the scriptural sphere. In the Northern Tibetan Mahayana tradition, the Tengyur is regarded as lucid explanations of the Dharma, supplementing the Kangyur, the official translations of the scriptures. As part of the Treatise Collection, the extended Abhidharma Pitaka, this work reflects the development of Buddhist thought in Tibet and post-classical India, where holy masters reviewed, systematized, and explained the profound teachings of the Buddha.

This context is very important: treatises in the Tengyur often address practical questions about practice, the nature of mind (citta), the character of phenomena (dharma), and the path of liberation. These works were written by Dharma masters such as Asanga, Vasubandhu, Nagarjuna, and their disciples, who directly or indirectly encountered bodhisattva wisdom.

Main Content

Although the original title has not been fully published, works in this catalog usually revolve around three important aspects of Mahayana Buddhist theory:

First, they clarify the nature of the Dharmakaya, the absolute body of the Buddha that has no form and is the totality of the whole Dharma. The Tibetan Treatise Collection emphasizes that the Dharmakaya is not a separate entity, but the empty nature (sunyata) of all phenomena, which can be realized only through non-self wisdom (prajnaparamita).

Second, these treatises analyze the bodhisattva path step by step, from the initial arising of bodhicitta, through the six paramitas, up to the higher levels of practice of the avaivartika-bhumi, the irreversible stage. In particular, they emphasize the role of wisdom (prajna) and compassion (karuna) as interwoven and inseparable.