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An Explanation of Scripture Toh 2631 - Tengyur (Tibetan Treatise Collection)

Context

Toh 2631 is a work belonging to the treatise collection (Śāstra) within the Tengyur, a collection of Eastern treatises serving to explain the Buddha-Dharma according to the Northern Tibetan Mahayana tradition. The Tengyur was compiled and canonized in Tibet from the eighth to the fourteenth centuries, containing more than 3,600 works by bodhisattvas, Bodhisattvas, and noble beings in the Mahāyāna tradition.

This work reflects the intellectual foundation of Eastern Buddha-Dharma, where commentary is regarded as a bridge between the original scriptures and the practice of bodhisattvas. In the Northern Tibetan Mahayana context, especially the Tibetan tradition, emphasis is placed on the aim of liberating all beings through the bodhisattva path, a path based on loving-kindness (maitrī), compassion (karuṇā), sympathetic joy (muditā), and equanimity (upekṣā).

Main Content

The specific content of this scripture has not yet been fully translated from its Tibetan source into Vietnamese. However, based on the general context of the treatise collection in the Tengyur, the work Toh 2631 is likely to focus on one of the following core themes:

The doctrine of Buddha-nature (Buddha-nature / Buddhadhātu): the instruction that all beings possess the potential to become Buddhas, and that the path of practice is opened to everyone through the Bodhisattva-yāna.

The doctrine of the Four Noble Truths (Catvāri-ārya-satyāni) from the Mahayana perspective: expanding the understanding of suffering, the cause of suffering, the cessation of suffering, and the path leading to liberation, not only for the individual but for all beings.

The doctrine of the Two Truths (Satyadvaya): conventional truth (samvṛti-satya) and ultimate truth (paramārtha-satya), the framework of thought that allows practitioners to understand the Dharma on two levels simultaneously.

Treatises of this kind often use rigorous methodology, refer to the original scriptures, and build logical systems to help bodhisattvas and practitioners understand the Dharma more deeply.