藏文文献库
A catalogue of Tibetan religious texts assembled from several independent sources. Translation projects catalogue what they intend to translate; this is an attempt to record what the tradition actually contains, including whole classes of literature that no translation project currently covers.
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Holding a catalogue entry is not the same as holding a text. This library distinguishes three states, and the distinction matters because only the first can actually be sent to a translator:
Assorted Tibetan Buddhist texts that belong to no single lineage or print collection.
A general collection of Tibetan Buddhist texts circulated for study and practice.
The Tibetan Buddhist canon is two large collections. The Kangyur holds works attributed to the Buddha and to Indian masters, in translation; the Tanjur holds the commentaries and treatises that explain them. Different editions — Derge, Pedurma, Narthang, Lithang and many others — contain slightly different selections, so the same text often survives in several recensions. Editions overlap; a volume count is not a text count.
The 'translated word' — scriptures and tantras the tradition holds to be the Buddha's teaching, preserved in Tibetan translation. Traditionally 100 to 108 volumes. It opens with the Vinaya (monastic discipline), then the Perfection of Wisdom, then the great sutras, then the tantras.
The 'translated treatises' — Indian commentaries, philosophical works, grammar, medicine and poetics. Roughly 225 volumes in the Derge edition. This is where the systematic philosophy lives: Madhyamaka, Yogacara, Abhidharma and epistemology.
Tantras of the Nyingma, the 'ancient' school, which the later canons exclude. Includes the Dzogchen (Great Perfection) scriptures. Collected as the Nyingma Gyübum. This material is central to the tradition and largely absent from the Kangyur, so it is easily missed by anyone browsing only the standard canon.
Bon is Tibet's pre-Buddhist religion, which survives as a living tradition with its own canon — a Bon Kangyur and a Bon Tanjur — structured like the Buddhist ones but with distinct scriptures and lineages. Frequently left out of Tibetan Buddhist bibliographies entirely, which is why it has a top-level category here.
Tibetan Buddhist texts translated into Mongolian, printed in editions such as the Peking and Ulaanbaatar Kangyurs. Useful independently: a Mongolian translation sometimes preserves a reading lost from the Tibetan witnesses.
Manuscript collections, regional canons and fragmentary survivals that are not one of the major editions — monastic library holdings and archaeological remains. Often the oldest surviving witnesses to a text, and often the least studied.
Isolated volumes and partial survivals: a single folio, a damaged manuscript, a scattered volume. These matter for textual history because they are sometimes centuries older than the complete editions.
A collected edition of guru-related liturgical and instructional literature, digitised by BDRC.
A Karma Kagyü collection: liturgies, sadhanas and instructional texts of the Karma tradition.
Texts associated with the Drikung Kagyu lineage and its Chetsang holders.
Texts for which at least one English translation is recorded in this database. Sourced from the 84000 catalogue and from evidence found in Harvard Hollis.
Texts with no English translation recorded. Treat this honestly: for many of these the correct statement is 'not established' rather than 'none exists' — no systematic search has been run against them. The distinction is preserved in the database rather than flattened.
| Title | Category | Source | Translation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stabilizing the Mind | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Ritual of Inexhaustible Blessings | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Blazing Wheel | 84000 | no translation | |
| Personal Instructions on Generating the Power of Speech | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Ritual for Quickly Accomplishing Secret Mantra | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Cultivation of Undefiled Dreams | 84000 | no translation | |
| Reversing the Negative Views of Dreams | 84000 | no translation | |
| Eliminating Anger | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Ritual of Ārya Mahākaruṇika for Subduing Pernicious [Spirits] | 84000 | no translation | |
| Being Mindful of the Buddha | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Ritual for Pacifying the Arrogant Hearts of Those Beings Who Are Difficult to Subdue | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of the Utterly Pure Wheel | 84000 | no translation | |
| Purifying the Poison at One’s Heart | 84000 | no translation | |
| Personal Instructions on Liberation | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Method for the Attainment of the Siddhis of Vajrakapāla | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of the Glorious One Bestowing Fearlessness | 84000 | no translation | |
| Personal Instructions on Kharsapaṇa Blossoming [One’s Mind Like a] Lotus | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana Relying Upon the Form of Mahākaruṇika | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of the Flower-seated | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Sādhana of the One Who Rests on a Flower | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Samantabhadra Perfection of Wisdom | 84000 | translated | |
| Being Mindful of the Dharma | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Sādhana of a Hermitage Dweller | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of the Drumbeat of Mahākāruṇika | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Ritual of the Lamps of the Sun and Moon | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Ritual for Generating the Renowned | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Ritual for Generating Radiance | 84000 | no translation | |
| Pleasing Sentient Beings | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Teaching on Dreams | 84000 | no translation | |
| Dispelling Regrets | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of the Inexhaustible Enjoyment | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of the Wish-fulfilling Tree | 84000 | no translation | |
| Being Mindful of the Community | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of the Vase of Good Fortune | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of the Great Path | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of Waṭi Lokeśvara | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of Padmadāṇḍika | 84000 | no translation | |
| An Avalokiteśvara Vase Ritual for Eliminating Stains | 84000 | no translation | |
| Personal Instructions on The Great Protection of a Blazing Vajra | 84000 | no translation | |
| On the Protection Wheel | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Ritual of Self-Protection | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Ritual of Protecting Others | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Ritual for Protection Cords | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Sūtra on the Threefold Training | 84000 | translated | |
| A Kumāra Protection Ritual | 84000 | no translation | |
| An Avalokiteśvara Ritual for Protection from Disease | 84000 | no translation | |
| An Avalokiteśvara Ritual for Curing Disease | 84000 | no translation | |
| An Avalokiteśvara Ritual for Curing [the Adverse Influence of] Nāgas | 84000 | no translation | |
| Curing Leprosy | 84000 | no translation | |
| Personal Instructions on Overcoming Other [Spirits] | 84000 | no translation | |
| Protection From External Harm | 84000 | no translation | |
| Conquering Foreign Armies | 84000 | no translation | |
| Bringing Others Under Control | 84000 | no translation | |
| Restraining Bandits | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Sūtra on the Three Bodies | 84000 | translated | |
| Generating Wisdom in a Student | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Wrathful Avalokiteśvara Ritual for Averting Hail | 84000 | no translation | |
| Cultivating Stainless Dreams | 84000 | no translation | |
| Personal Instructions on Blessing A Student | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Ritual for Instilling Wisdom [In A Student] | 84000 | no translation | |
| Blessing With A Samādhi | 84000 | no translation | |
| Empowerment With A Samādhi | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Glorious Blazing Wisdom Yantra | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Ritual for Restraining Beings | 84000 | no translation | |
| Advice on Avoiding Death | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Sūtra of the Three Heaps | 84000 | no translation | |
| Entering into the Glorious City of the Gods | 84000 | no translation | |
| Personal Instructions on Vajrolka | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Ritual Actions for Someone Who Has Died | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Funeral Ritual | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Fire Offering Ritual | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Ritual of Auspiciousness | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Ritual for Stamping Clay Images | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Consecration Ritual | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of the Thousand-Armed, Thousand-Eyed Avalokiteśvara | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of the Cakravartin Ārya Cintamāṇi Avalokiteśvara | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Dedication “Fulfilling All Aspirations” | 84000 | translated | |
| A Lokeśvara Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana Teaching the Maṇḍala Arranged in Accordance with the Six-Syllable Tantra | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of Kharṣapāṇi Avalokiteśvara | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of the Ārya Six Syllables | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of Ārya Avalokiteśvara | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Essence of Yoga | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of the Glorious Kharṣapāṇi Lokeśvara | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of the Five Deity Form of the Tathāgata Lokeśvara | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Siṃhanāda Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Praise of Lokeśvara Siṃhanāda | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Dedication “Protecting All Beings” | 84000 | translated | |
| The Protection Wheel of Siṃhanāda | 84000 | no translation | |
| An Abridged Amoghapāśa Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Torma Cake Ritual of Amoghapāśa | 84000 | no translation | |
| Engaging in Purification and Mending [of Vows] | 84000 | no translation | |
| Personal Instructions on Purification and Mending [of Vows] with Ārya Amoghapāśa | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādana of the Glorious Vajrapāṇi | 84000 | no translation | |
| Approaching the Attainment of the Blue-Clad One | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Elixir Dispelling Harm | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Collection of Activities For Cleansing A Vajra | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Seven-branched Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Application of Mindfulness of the Sacred Dharma | 84000 | translated | |
| A Sādhana of the Great Yakṣa Lord Vajrapāṇi | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Vajrapāṇi Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of the Blue-Clad Vajrapāṇi | 84000 | no translation | |
| Personal Instructions on Yantras | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Torma Cake Ritual of the Dhāraṇī of the Glorious Blue-Clad Vajrapāṇi | 84000 | no translation | |
| An Abridged Vajrapāṇi Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Lamp, A Commentary on the Meaning [of the Vajrapāṇi Sādhana] | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Sequence of Attainments | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Vase Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Lamp of Suchness | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Mahāsūtra “Illusion’s Net” | 84000 | translated | |
| A Concise Collection of Activities of Propelling and Killing With Vajrapāṇi | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana For Practicing the Personal Instructions on the Sūtra System of Vajrapāni | 84000 | no translation | |
| Recitation of Secret Mantra | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of the Vajra King of Garuḍas | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Vajrapāṇi Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Protection of Dependent Arising | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of the Blue-Clad Vajrapāṇi | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Vajrapāṇi Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Vajrapāṇi Maṇḍala Ritual | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Praise of the Glorious Vajrapāṇi | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Mahāsūtra “Bimbisāra’s Going Out to Meet [the Buddha]” | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Praise of the Bhagavan Vajrapāṇi | 84000 | no translation | |
| Water Tormas According to Blue-Clad Vajrapāṇi | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Torma Cake Ritual for Nāgas in [the System of] the Blue-Clad Vajrapāṇi | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Food Offering | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Vajrapāṇi Maṇḍala Ritual | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of Blue-Clad Ārya Vajrapāṇi called “The Wishfulfilling Jewel” | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Fire Offering Ritual for Caṇḍamahāroṣaṇa Vajrapāṇi | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Praise at the Time of Fire Offering | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Vajrapāṇi Sādhana called “Personal Instructions on Vajragarbha” | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Ritual Focussing on Knowledge Mantras | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Maṇḍala Ritual of Blue-Clad Vajrapāṇi | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Vajrapāṇi Perfection of Wisdom | 84000 | translated | |
| The Mahāsūtra on Emptiness | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of Krodha Vajradhara | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Fire Offering Ritual of Krodha Vajradhara | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Torma Cake Offering Ritual of Krodha Vajradhara | 84000 | no translation | |
| All Activities of the Protection Ritual | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of the King of Wrathful Ones, the Blue-Clad Vajrapāṇi | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Maṇḍala Ritual of the Glorious Bhūtaḍāmara | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Ritual of Six Maṇḍalas | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Ritual of the Vajravidāraṇā Maṇḍala | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Commentary on the Purification Ritual called “The Dhāraṇī of Vajravidāraṇā” | 84000 | no translation | |
| Personal Instructions on the Eighteen Goals of Activity | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Mahāsūtra on Great Emptiness | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Ritual of the Dhāraṇī of Vajravidāraṇā | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Concise Sādhana of Ārya Vajravidāraṇā | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Maṇḍala Ritual of Vajravidāraṇā | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Vajravidāraṇā Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of the Dhāraṇī of Vajravidāraṇā | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Praise of the Glorious Vajravidāraṇā | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Vase Ritual of Vajravidāraṇā | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Pacification Fire Ritual | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Torma Cake Ritual | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Ritual for the Sādhana of the Four Activities of Vajravidāraṇā | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Mahāsūtra “The Crest Insignia” (1) | 84000 | translated | |
| A Fire Offering Ritual for the Sādhana of the Four Activities of Vajravidāraṇā | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Vase Ritual for the Sādhana of the Four Activities of Vajravidāraṇā | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Cakra Ritual for the Sādhana of the Four Activities of Vajravidāraṇā | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Ritual for the Sādhana of the Activities of Vajravidāraṇā | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Ritual for the Sādhana of the Various Activities of Vajravidāraṇā | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of the Noble Dhāraṇī of Vajravidāraṇā Together With A Brief Ritual | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of the Dhāraṇī of Vajravidāraṇā called “Attainment as a Solitary Hero” | 84000 | no translation | |
| An Arrangement of the Torma Cake Ritual for the Dhāraṇī of Ārya Vajravidāraṇā | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Method of Acting | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Purification Ritual of Ārya Vajravidāraṇā | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Mahāsūtra “The Crest Insignia” (2) | 84000 | translated | |
| An Arrangement of the Purification Ritual | 84000 | no translation | |
| Personal Instructions on the Dhāraṇī of Vajravidāraṇā | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Maṇḍala Ritual of the Dhāraṇī of Vajravidāraṇā called “The Bright Jewel” | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana called “The Activity of Killing By Vajrakrodha” | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of the Wrathful Blue-Clad Vajrapāṇi | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Fire Offering Ritual | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of Fierce Vajravidāraṇā | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Precise and Proper Sequence of the Practice of Maṇḍala of The Dhāraṇī of Vajravidāraṇā | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of The Dhāraṇī of Vajravidāraṇā | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Purification Ritual of Noble Vajravidāraṇā | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Mahāsūtra on the Five and Three [Views] | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Vajravidāraṇā Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Purification Ritual of Vajravidāraṇā | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Maṇḍala Ritual of Vajravidāraṇā | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Body Empowerment Ritual | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Commitment Protection Ritual | 84000 | no translation | |
| An Empowerment in the Maṇḍala of the Eight Wrathful Ones | 84000 | no translation | |
| An Empowerment in the Maṇḍala of the Eight Goddesses | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Vase of Elixir Ritual for Empowerment in the Maṇḍala of the Solitary Hero | 84000 | no translation | |
| An Empowerment in the Maṇḍala of the Father-Mother Pair called “The True Gift of Bliss” | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Profound Ritual of Empowerment in the Maṇḍala of the Four Wrathful Ones called Amṛtakuṇḍalī | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Sūtra on the Throwing of the Boulder | 84000 | translated | |
| A Ritual for Empowerment in the Maṇḍala with Four Doors called “The Stainless Jewel” | 84000 | no translation | |
| An Empowerment in the Maṇḍala of the Four Great Kings | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Ritual for Empowerment in the Maṇḍala of the Ten Directional Protectors | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Ritual for Empowerment in the Maṇḍala of the Eight Great Planets called “The Life-extending Elixir of the Sun” | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Maṇḍala Ritual for the Empowerment of the Twenty-Eight Lunar Houses called “The Goddess Clad in Vajra Armor” | 84000 | no translation | |
| An Empowerment in the Maṇḍala of the Eight Great Gods called “Revealing the Excellent Path” | 84000 | no translation | |
| An Empowerment in the Maṇḍala of the Eight Nāgas called “Victory Over Poison” | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Purification Ritual of Ārya Vajravidāraṇā | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Consecration Ritual of Ārya Vajravidāraṇā | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Definitive Ritual for the Attainment of Proficency in the Activity of Glorious Vajravidāraṇā | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Sūtra on Examples of Youth | 84000 | no translation |
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