Toh 1583 · classical · 13 passages · 3,302 words
This sādhana provides a ritualized framework for entering the maṇḍala of Vajrayoginī, specifically focusing on the attainment of supreme bliss and the definitive meaning
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Sanskrit, “speaking after”
The Tibetan Buddhist canon, in English.
What is translated, what is not, and a translation of the rest — Tibetan beside English, every term explained.
broad or exact-phrase · English, Tibetan and Chinese
483translations published
15,505passages, Tibetan + English
4,510texts registered for status
686terms in the shared glossary
What this is
A registry, a reading edition, and an apparatus — not a website about a project.
The Tibetan Buddhist canon runs to several thousand texts and about a hundred volumes. English translation has been underway for a century, but coverage is uneven and — until now — hard to measure: a scripture may have three Victorian translations and no modern one, or a rendering of its first chapter only.
This project records which texts exist and which of them exist in English, each with its catalogue number, section, extent and the evidence for its status.
Where no English translation exists, one is produced passage by passage: the Tibetan on the facing page, the original line breaks and folio references preserved, terminology pinned to a shared glossary.
Every draft states its engine, its edition and its status. Nothing here is presented as a critical edition, and the Tibetan is always given so every claim can be checked.
Recently translated
The newest work first; the full list is filtered by period, genre and whether commentary exists.
Toh 1581 · classical · 25 passages · 5,731 words
This sādhanā provides a comprehensive ritual manual for the practice of Vajrayoginī, guiding the practitioner through the stages of visualization, mantra recitation, and
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A Ritual for Caring for Disciples
Toh 1580 · classical · 16 passages · 4,048 words
This ritual manual outlines the procedural requirements for a master to accept and care for disciples within a Vajrayogini-centered tantric tradition. The text argues tha
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Toh 1579 · classical · 2 passages · 337 words
This brief sādhana provides a condensed ritual framework for the practice of Vajrayoginī, attributed to the lineage of Nāropa. The text directs the practitioner through a
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A Ritual Sādhana for the Glorious Vajravārāhī called “Accomplishing All Goals”
Toh 1578 · classical · 2 passages · 403 words
This ritual sādhana, titled Accomplishing All Goals, provides a prescriptive framework for the propitiation of the deity Vajravārāhī. The text functions as a liturgical m
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A Ritual of Fire Offerings for Pacification to the Glorious Vajrayoginī
Toh 1577 · classical · 5 passages · 1,186 words
This ritual manual provides instructions for performing a fire offering (homa) dedicated to Vajrayoginī, specifically designed for the pacification of obstacles. The text
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A catalogue shelf is not a genre: the tantra sections hold root texts, sādhanas and commentaries side by side. These groupings are derived from the shelf and the title, and every work states which one it was placed in.
Sādhana127Practice manuals for deity yoga.Ritual95Offerings, consecrations and fire rites.Eulogy81Stotras and hymns of praise.Treatise77Systematic exposition, analysis and summaries.Commentary75Exegesis of a tantra, sūtra or stotra.Instruction22Advice and personal instructions.Prayer2Aspiration, dedication and blessing.Tantra2Root tantras of the mantra vehicle.History & biography1Narrative, life-writing and chronicle.Sūtra1Discourses attributed to the Buddha.
Start here
Three ways in, depending on who you are.
New to the canon
Begin with the library — what the Kangyur and Tengyur are, how they are organised — then read a short praise with the Tibetan facing.
A scholar
Check translation status before committing to a text; read the method; cite with a line reference, not a URL fragment.
Working with data
Everything is JSON and TEI: the registry API, the works index, the glossary, and llms.txt.
The object behind the text
Each work is a witness of a real manuscript; the plates are part of the record.
༄༅༅། ། རྒྱ་གར་སྐད་དུ། དེ་ཝ་ཨ་ཏི་ཤ་ཡ་སྟོ་ཏྲཿ
Derge Tengyur · f. 1a
བོད་སྐད་དུ། ལྷ་ལས་ཕུལ་དུ་བྱུང་བར་བསྟོད་པ།
Peking Tengyur · f. 1b
དེ་བཞིན་གཤེགས་པ་ཐམས་ཅད་ལ་ཕྱག་འཚལ་ལོ། །
Golden Tengyur · f. 2a