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Exposition of Scripture Toh 4195—Northern Tibetan Tradition
Context
This scripture belongs to the Tengyur (Sgyud ’grel), the collection of treatises and commentaries by Buddhist masters of the Northern Tibetan tradition. Together with the Kangyur (Bka’ ’gyur—the sacred scriptures), the Tengyur forms the most complete Northern Canon of Mahayana Buddhism. Toh 4195 is an in-depth treatise (śāstra), reflecting the efforts of Indian Buddhist masters after the Buddha’s time to systematize and clarify the profound teachings.
With a history spanning more than a thousand years, the Northern Tibetan tradition systematized the Buddha’s Dharma through great commentators such as Candrakīrti and Bhāvaviveka, as well as Tibetan masters such as Je Tsongkhapa. The works in the Tengyur are not only a history of Buddhist thought but also concrete practical guides for attaining liberation and Buddhahood.
Main Content
Although the present descriptive information does not provide the specific title of this scripture, its position in the Tengyur allows us to understand that it is a work commenting upon philosophical and practical issues in the Buddha’s Dharma. In the Northern Tibetan tradition, these treatises generally revolve around subjects such as:
The principle of Buddha-nature, concerning the innate capacity of all sentient beings to attain Buddhahood; or an explanation of luminous mind, the foundation of meditative cultivation. Many works also delve deeply into emptiness (Śūnyatā), the Mahayana conviction that all phenomena lack a fixed intrinsic nature.
Treatises in the Tengyur also commonly explain the relationship between theory (philosophical view) and practice (meditation practice), particularly how to apply an understanding of emptiness to the bodhisattva path. They emphasize that theory and action must be unified in order to attain bodhicitta, the mind that aspires to awakening for the benefit of all sentient beings.
Practical Significance
Scriptural treatises in the Tengyur such as Toh 4195 are not mere theory.
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