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Exposition of the Treatise Collection, Toh 2948 — The Northern Tibetan Mahayana Tradition
Background
Scripture Toh 2948 belongs to the Treatise Collection (Tengyur) of the Northern Tibetan tradition, forming part of the vast body of explanations and commentaries on the Dharma composed after the time of the ancestral Buddha Śākyamuni. In the Northern Tibetan Mahayana tradition, the Treatise Collection includes works by bodhisattvas, philosophers, and great teachers intended to explain, develop, and defend the teachings of the Buddha.
This work was translated and preserved in the Tibetan canon through the immense translation undertaking from the seventh to the thirteenth centuries CE, when Tibetan and Indian scholars collaborated to preserve the Dharma. The high regard given to the Treatise Collection in this tradition reflects the conviction that proper understanding of the Dharma is based not only on the original teachings, but also requires profound explanations from those of extraordinary wisdom.
Main Content
Although the specific title has not been fully supplied, works in the Treatise Collection often focus on the core themes of Mahayana Dharma: the nature of Buddha-nature (Buddha-dhātu), the path of the bodhisattva, the theory of Mind-Only (Citta-mātra), or doctrinal analyses of dependent arising (Pratītyasamutpāda).
Within the context of Northern Tibetan Mahayana, these treatises often explore the depth of the sutras that form the foundation of practice. They not only explain the words of the Buddha, but also develop their profound meaning, engage in dialogue with other religions, and provide tools of logical reasoning (pramāṇa — means of valid cognition) so that ignorant beings may understand the Dharma clearly.
Treatises of this kind always emphasize that all sentient beings have the potential to become Buddhas, that the wisdom of the Buddha is boundless, and that countless Buddhas exist in different worlds. This differs from other schools in that Mahayana opens the path of practice to everyone, not only to monastics.
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