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Exposition of Scripture Toh 2934 — Northern Tibetan Mahayana Tradition
Context
Scripture Toh 2934 is found in the Tengyur — the Treatise Collection of Tibetan Buddhism, representing the Northern Tibetan Mahayana tradition with profound thought on dependent origination (Pratityasamutpada) and emptiness (Sunyata). The Tengyur is a collection of commentaries, treatises, and practice instructions composed by bodhisattvas and sages based on the principal scriptures (Kangyur).
The Northern Tibetan tradition upholds the importance of transforming consciousness through skillful means (upaya), together with radiant wisdom (prajna). The commentaries in the Tengyur are structured to guide those who study the Buddha Dharma into the heart of the profound teachings, especially concerning emptiness and Buddha-nature present in all beings.
Main Content
Although the title has not been fully identified in this treasury, scriptures and treatises in the Toh 2900-3000 range often explain central aspects of the Mahayana: especially the bodhisattva path of practice and the right understanding of emptiness, not as nothingness or nonexistence (ucchedavada), but as emptiness of fixed, independent essences.
Commentaries in this series often emphasize that precisely because of emptiness, transformation (parinnama), practice (bhavana), and fruition (phala-pti) are possible. This is the reason why the three fruits — the awakening of a Buddha, the enjoyment of a bodhisattva, and the liberation of hearers — can all be realized. The Treatise Collection emphasizes the method of the “two truths” (satya-dvaya): conventional truth (samvritti-satya) and ultimate truth (paramartha-satya).
The Northern Tibetan tradition, especially the Gelug, Kagyu, Nyingma, and Sakya schools, finds in these commentaries a way to understand thoroughly how Buddha-nature exists simultaneously within both truths, and how the practice of bodhicitta — the aspiration for awakening for the sake of all beings — is the expression of an empty and compassionate heart (karuna).
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