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EXEGESIS OF SCRIPTURE TOH 3636 — THE TENGYUR COLLECTION OF TREATISES
The Northern Mahayana Canonical Tradition
Context
Scripture Toh 3636 in the Tengyur Collection of Treatises (Bka' 'gyur) of the Northern Canonical Tradition is a philosophical and practice-oriented work belonging to the Mahayana Buddhist tradition. The Tengyur—a collection of commentaries and shastras (śāstra) translated from Sanskrit—represents the profound development of the Dharma through the works of great masters such as Nāgārjuna, Vasubandhu, Dignāga, and Dharmakīrti.
The Northern Canonical Collection, completed in Tibet in the tenth century, contains some of the oldest and most complete Buddhist materials still extant. The Tengyur comprises more than one hundred volumes of canonical texts, in which the commentaries are arranged in a logical sequence to help practitioners gain a deeper understanding of the Buddha’s Dharma teachings. Each work was carefully reviewed by Tibetan scholars to ensure its doctrinal accuracy.
Although the title of Scripture 3636 has not yet been fully identified, based on its position and classification within the Tengyur, it is very likely a treatise focusing on such subjects as Mind-Only (Vijñapti-mātratā), the Middle Way (Madhyamaka), or Skillful Means (Upāya)—fundamental theoretical foundations of the Northern Mahayana Canon.
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Within the context of the Collection of Treatises, this scripture continues the tradition of teachings on the nature of reality (dharmatā) and the path to liberation for all sentient beings (Bodhisattva-yāna). Such commentaries often focus on analyzing concepts such as emptiness (śūnyatā), non-self (anātman), and dependent origination (pratītyasamutpāda)—the fundamental philosophical pillars taught by Buddha Śākyamuni.
According to the Mahayana tradition, the theory of emptiness is not a nihilistic view or an absolute negation, but the clear understanding that all phenomena lack an independent, fixed essence. This opens the bodhisattva path—the path of bodhisattvas (
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