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Exposition of the Treatise Collection (Toh 4077) — Northern Mahayana Canonical Tradition
Background
The Tengyur is a collection of treatises (śāstra) and commentaries by Indian and Tibetan masters, translated and compiled throughout the historical development of Tibetan Buddhism. Toh 4077 is a treatise contained within this treasury of wisdom, serving to help practitioners of the Northern Mahayana tradition correctly apprehend the profound teachings of the Buddhadharma.
Within the context of the Northern Tibetan Mahayana tradition, every treatise is intended to elucidate subtle points of doctrine, especially the relationship among emptiness (śūnyatā), bodhicitta, and the bodhisattva’s unsurpassed path of liberation. These treatises are regarded as guiding hands that lead students from the darkness of ignorance to the light of awakening.
Main Content
Although the title of this text has not been clearly identified in the available data, judging from its position in the Tengyur (Toh 4077) and the context of the Northern Mahayana tradition, it is very likely a treatise concerning one of the principal themes: the nature of the Buddha-mind, the bodhisattva path, or the skillful means (upāya-kauśalya) of advanced bodhisattvas.
Treatises in the Tengyur often deeply investigate aspects that the principal scriptures address only briefly. They provide logical arguments, philosophical analyses, and practical instructions so that students may gain a clearer understanding of the true nature of phenomena and mind. In particular, the Northern Tibetan tradition emphasizes the unity of theory (prajñapti) and practice (abhyāsa), and of the wisdom of emptiness and boundless compassion.
This treatise may delve into an analysis of how bodhisattvas cultivate the pāramitās (the six or ten perfections), or how afflictions (kleśa) are recognized and transformed into the wisdom of a Buddha. It may teach the method of thoroughly realizing the treasury of reality (the true treasury), or how the wisdom of emptiness is not nonexistence but perfect lucidity.
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