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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Attainment of Yogic Power and Longevity Accomplished by Means of the Personal Instructions on the Practice of the Words of the Tantra of Indestructibility | 84000 | no translation | |
| Definitely Accomplishing the True Meaning of the Tantra, An Investigation of Yogic Mirror Divination | 84000 | no translation | |
| Definitely Accomplishing One’s Desired Objectives in A Timely Manner | 84000 | no translation | |
| Properly Accomplishing the Words called “The Reliability of Tantra” | 84000 | no translation | |
| Properly Accomplishing the Unhindered Words of All the Tantras | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana for Overcoming a Curse | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana for Overcoming a Merchant | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana for Thoroughly Vanquishing A Foreign Army | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Ten Specific Activities of the Seven Methods of Vajra Attainment By Means of Own’s Own Sign | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Wheel-bearer of Placing Planetary Curses on a Target | 84000 | no translation | |
| Multitude of Constituents | 84000 | translated | |
| The Fierce Ritual of Killing a Target With Lightning With Certainty | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Activity of Causing Fear in a Target called “A Drop of Water” | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Ritual of Various Action for Causing Fear in One’s Opponents called “The Circle of Fire for Opponents” | 84000 | no translation | |
| Killing with Other Knowledge Mantras called “The Razor Cutting the Continuum” | 84000 | no translation | |
| Subduing with Other Knowledge Mantras called “The Golden Mountain” | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Gnosis Overcoming All Activity called “The Combining Hammer” | 84000 | no translation | |
| Repelling the Destructive Knowledge-Mantras of Others | 84000 | no translation | |
| Causing the Destruction of the Bodies of Others called “The Sharp Vajra” | 84000 | no translation | |
| Subsequent Related Activities for Accomplishing the Destruction of Knowledge-Mantras of Others | 84000 | no translation | |
| Bringing About the Destruction of All Influences called “The Vajra Hammer” | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Gaṇḍī Sūtra | 84000 | translated | |
| Personal Instructions on Liberating [Others] from the Influence of Gods | 84000 | no translation | |
| Personal Instructions on Liberating [Others] from the Influence of Elemental Spirits | 84000 | no translation | |
| Personal Instructions on Liberating [Others] from the Influence of Ghosts | 84000 | no translation | |
| Personal Instructions on Liberating [Others] from the Influence of Brahma | 84000 | no translation | |
| Personal Instructions on Liberating [Others] from the Influence of Rakṣasas | 84000 | no translation | |
| Personal Instructions on Liberating [Others] from the Influence of Piśācas | 84000 | no translation | |
| Personal Instructions on Liberating [Others] from the Influence of Nāgas | 84000 | no translation | |
| Personal Instructions on Liberating [Others] from the Influence of Vināyakas | 84000 | no translation | |
| Personal Instructions on Liberating [Others] from the Influence of Apasmāra | 84000 | no translation | |
| Personal Instructions on Liberating [Others] from the Influence of Madness | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Sūtra on Timings for the Gaṇḍī | 84000 | translated | |
| Personal Instructions on Liberating [Others] from the Influence of Asuras | 84000 | no translation | |
| Personal Instructions on Liberating [Others] from the Influence of the Four Kumaras | 84000 | no translation | |
| Personal Instructions on Liberating [Others] from the Influence of Yakṣasas | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Practice of Summoning Elemental Spirits called “The Vajra Hook” | 84000 | no translation | |
| An Arrangement of the Forty-Two Particular Activities of Engaging in the Deployment of All Knowledge Mantras called “The Blazing Light of the Wish-fulfilling Jewel” | 84000 | no translation | |
| Rendering the Activity of Dhāraṇī Mantras Ineffective called “The Vajra Pestle” | 84000 | no translation | |
| Rendering the Accomplishments from the Activity of Dhāraṇī Mantras Inexhaustible called “Establishing the Precious Treasury” | 84000 | no translation | |
| Causing Rainfall By Means of the Activity of Nāgas called “The Continuum of Elixir” | 84000 | no translation | |
| Water-based Torma Cakes For Causing Nāgas To Be Pleased called “The Ocean of Elixir” | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Activity of Protecting Sentient Beings called “Obliterating the Source of Breaking Clouds” | 84000 | no translation | |
| Detailed Explanations of Discipline | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Vajraketu Perfection of Wisdom | 84000 | translated | |
| The Sūtra on Reliance upon a Virtuous Spiritual Friend | 84000 | translated | |
| The Secret Practice of Liberating [Others] from Bālagrahakas called “The Wheel of Fire” | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Fire Offering Ritual for Pacification called “Symbolic Objects for the Pacification of One’s Continuum” | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Fire Offering Ritual for the Increase of Vajravidāraṇa, The Proper Accomplishment of the Words of the Extensive Tantra | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Ritual for Subjugation from the Perspective of A Fire Offering for Fierce Activities | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Fire Offering Ritual for Bringing [Others] Under One’s Control | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Activity of Paralyzing All called “The Magical Words That Restrain Bandits” | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Teaching on Various Activities for Paralyzing a Target called “The Noose of Winds” | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Ritual for Placing A Target Under the Curse of Nāgas called “The Razor of Severing the Life-force” | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Wheel of Razors that Kills an Enemy By Means of an Intense Fever | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Extreme Activity of Stupefying All Sentient Beings called “Brilliant Radiance” | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Sūtra on Going Forth | 84000 | no translation | |
| The End Result of Being Adorned with All Glory called “The Light of the Sun, Generating Radiance and Generating Good Fortune” | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Ritual for Healing Defects in the Eye Faculty called “Clear Appearance” | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Ritual for Healing Defects and Diseases in the Ear Faculty called “Conquest Over Sound” | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Ritual for Healing Defects and Pain in the Nose Faculty called “Purification of a Loss of the Sense of Smell” | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Ritual for Healing Defects in the Tongue Faculty called “The Blossoming Lotus” | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Ritual for Healing Defects and Pain in the Bodily Tactile Faculty called “The Vajra Victory Banner” | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Ritual for Prolonging an Exhausted Life-Span called “The Ornamental Wheel” | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Funeral Ritual for Liberating Deceased Beings from [the Effects of Their] Ethical Transgressions called “The Clear Mirror Purifying Poison” | 84000 | no translation | |
| Making Reliquaries and Purifying the Ethical Transgressions of the Deceased called “Self-arisen Freedom From Fear” | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Ritual and Sādhana for Prolonging the Exhausted Life-Span of a Sentient Being called “Establishing Lotus Letters” | 84000 | no translation | |
| What Mendicants Hold Most Dear | 84000 | translated | |
| Attaining the Greatest Leisure and Fortune called “Extraction of the Essence” | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Activity of [Offering] Torma Cakes for Detaching One from One’s Karmic Debts called “The Wish-fulfilling Tree” | 84000 | no translation | |
| Offering Ceremony Torma Cakes for the Definite Attainment of Enjoyments called “The Excellent Garland of Jewels” | 84000 | no translation | |
| Preparing for Marvelous Activities called “Expanding the Thousand Collections of Activities” | 84000 | no translation | |
| Pleasing the Worldly Gods called “Accomplishing Goals” | 84000 | no translation | |
| Engaging in Great Swift Activity Out of Aversion Towards Someone | 84000 | no translation | |
| Repelling the Thunderbolts of Others | 84000 | no translation | |
| Miscellaneous Activities of the Three Angry Ones | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Great Ritual of Protecting Friends and Family From Torment By Harmful Influences | 84000 | no translation | |
| Applying a Pacifying Elixir to Disconcordant Factors called “The Jewel of Letters” | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Sūtra on Having Moral Discipline | 84000 | translated | |
| A Ritual of Replenishing Diminished of Wealth called “The Extensive Wish-fulfilling Tree” | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Gaṇapati Sādhana called “Giving a Treasury of Offerings” | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana for Liberation from the Eight Fears called “The Hidden Amulet” | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Ritual for Avoiding Inauspicious Planetary [Influences] called “The Cloud Ocean” | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Ritual for Liberation from Planetary Influences called “Bestowing Precious Liberation” | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Ritual for Rendering the Activity of the Eight Planets Ineffective called “The Complete Pacification of Desires” | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Ritual for Averting [the Effects of] Inauspicious Astrological Conjunctions | 84000 | no translation | |
| Affecting Various Actions of Astrological Conjunctions called “Beneficent Holding Back of Time” | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Wheel of Reversal for the Sake of Eliminating [the Effectiveness of] All Curses and Turning Them Back Against All Those Sorcerers | 84000 | no translation | |
| Bestowing Liberation from Severe Plagues and Intolerable Diseases By Making Offerings to the Eight Great Nāgas | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Sūtra Examining the Virtuous and Non-Virtuous Effects of the Collection of Five Downfalls | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Nāga Sādhana called “Setting Down Precious Letters” | 84000 | no translation | |
| Liberation From the Influence of Nāgas called “The Purification of Holding Snakes” | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Arrangement of the Stakes of the Essence Mantra of Vidāraṇa for Nāgas called “The Glorious Wheel of Fire [Consuming] the Life-force of Nāgas, The Activity that Brings Liberation from the Influence of Nāgas” | 84000 | no translation | |
| Bring About the Pacification of Intolerable Diseases called “The Golden Ocean” | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana for Life Extension called “The Foremost of Victory Banners” | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Garland of Glorious Gnosis that Increases One’s Merit | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Meditative Concentration of Abiding in Sound | 84000 | no translation | |
| Recitation in the Presence of the Causal Wheel of Yogis called “The Meditative Concentration of Not Abiding in Sound” | 84000 | no translation | |
| Severing the Connection of the Mind and Body of a Yogi By Means of [a Meditative Concentration] at the End of Sound | 84000 | no translation | |
| Secret Upper Staircase | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Sūtra “Declaring What Is Supreme” | 84000 | translated | |
| A Sādhana of the King of Wrathful Ones Vajrāśanyujjvala, A Forceful Method for Subduing Nāgas | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Maṇḍala Ritual for the King of Wrathful Ones Vajrāśanyujjvala | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Yamāri Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Hayagrīva Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Hayagrīva Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Hayagrīva Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Hayagrīva Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of the Noble Hayagrīva | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of the Glorious Hayagrīva | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of the Noble Acala | 84000 | no translation | |
| Teaching on the Practice of the Austerities, from "The Path of Liberation" | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Praise of the Noble Acala, King of the Wrathful Ones | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Praise of the Noble Acala, King of the Wrathful Ones | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Caṇḍamahāroṣaṇa Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Caṇḍamahāroṣaṇa Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A White Caṇḍamahāroṣaṇa Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of the Noble Acala | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Summary of Sādhanas from the Susiddhikara Tantra | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Wish-fulfilling Cow of Virtue | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Recitation of the Dhāraṇī of the Noble Vimaloṣṇīṣa whose Light-rays Penetrate Every Gateway, together with a Ritual for Offering Either Five or One Hundred and Eight Stūpas, A Condensation of the Sūtras | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Recitation of the Dhāraṇī of the Noble Vimaloṣṇīṣaprabhā whose Light-rays Penetrate Every Gateway, together with a Ritual for Offering Either Five or One Hundred and Eight Stūpas, A Condensation of the Sūtras | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Limits of Life | 84000 | translated | |
| Making One Hundred and Eight Stūpas | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Ritual for Casting A Reliquary Image | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Ritual for Casting Two Reliquaries | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Ritual for Casting Three Reliquaries | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Ritual for Casting Five Reliquaries | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Ritual for Casting Nine Reliquaries | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Ritual for Casting Ten Million Reliquaries | 84000 | no translation | |
| Casting Reliquaries and Clay Images | 84000 | no translation | |
| An Explanation of the Body of a Buddha | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Different Parts of a Stūpa, A Sūtra Taken From the Vinaya | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana for Guarding the Commitments of All Tathāgatas | 84000 | no translation | |
| Questions Regarding Death and Transmigration | 84000 | translated | |
| A Ritual for Offering Five Clay Images | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Ritual of the Vimaloṣṇīṣa Dhāraṇī | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Ritual of the Vimaloṣṇīṣa Dhāraṇī | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of the Noble Sitātapatra Aparājitā | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Torma Cake Ritual for the Noble Sitātapatra Aparājita | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of the Dhāraṇī of Deterrence of Sitātapatrā Aparājitā Arisen from the Uṣṇīṣa of the Tathāgata | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Protection Wheel | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Yantra | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Means of Deterrence | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Method for Deterring Obstructors and Terrifying Them | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Sūtra on Impermanence (1) | 84000 | translated | |
| A Method for Conquering Armies | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana for [Attaining] Siddhis | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Method for Protection from Fear | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Method for Protection from Hail | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Method for Curing Those Afflicted with Malignant Diseases | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Torma Cake Ritual | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Ritual of the Dhāraṇī of Sitātapatrā Arisen from the Uṣṇīṣa of the Tathāgata | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Ritual for Protection from Fevers | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Ritual for the Protection of Cattle | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Fire Offering for Pacification | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Sūtra of Turning the Wheel of Dharma | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Sūtra on Impermanence (2) | 84000 | translated | |
| The Action of Fierce Activities | 84000 | no translation | |
| Toh 3101 | 84000 | no translation | |
| Curing Stillbirth and Infant Mortality from the Perspective of the Attainment of Siddhis | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Ritual for Using Magical Weapons for Deterrence | 84000 | no translation | |
| An Arrangement of the Ritual for Establishing a Reliquary | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Fire Offering Ritual of Sitātapatrā Arisen from the Uṣṇīṣa | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Maṇḍala Ritual of Sitātapatrā Aparājitā Arisen from the Uṣṇīṣa of the Tathāgata | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Ritual for Clay Images of Ārya Sitātapatrā | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Ritual of Sitātapatrā Arisen from the Uṣṇīṣa | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Praise of Sitātapatrā Aparājitā | 84000 | no translation | |
| Teaching the Eleven Thoughts | 84000 | translated | |
| Personal Instructions on Sitātapatrā Aparājitā Arisen from the Uṣṇīṣa of the Tathāgata | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of the Maṇḍala of Sitātapatrā Aparājitā | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of the Dhāraṇī of Sitātapatrā Arisen from the Uṣṇīṣa of All the Tathāgatas | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Consecration Ritual | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of Ārya Sitātapatrā Aparājitā | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Praise of the Bhagavati Uṣṇīṣavijayā | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Praise of Uṣṇīṣa Sitātapatrā | 84000 | no translation | |
| Explanations Connected to Mahāpratisarā, the Queen of Incantations | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Method of Drawing the Circle of Mahāpratisarā | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Mahāpratisarā Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Mahāsūtra “On Entering the City of Vaiśālī” | 84000 | translated | |
| A Mahāmāyūrī Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of Mahāsahasra Pramardanī | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of Mahāmantrānudhāraṇī | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of Mahāsītavatī | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Protection of Mahāpratisarā | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Ritual of the Vidyā Ārya Mahāpratisarā | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Ritual of the Five Protectors | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Ritual for Drawing the Circle of Mahāpratisarā | 84000 | no translation | |
| An Offering Ritual for the Five Protectors | 84000 | no translation | |
| An Offering Ritual for the Nine Planets | 84000 | no translation | |
| Auspicious Night | 84000 | translated | |
| The Section of the Ritual of Drāviḍakalaśa | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Consecration Ritual | 84000 | no translation | |
| Personal Instructions on the Sūtra of the Detailed Account of the Previous Aspirations of the Seven Tathāgatas | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Ritual for the Recitation of the Dhāraṇī of the Detailed Account of the Previous Aspirations of the Seven Tathāgatas, A Condensation of the Sūtras | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Recitation of the Sūtra called “The Detailed Account of the Previous Aspirations of the Seven Tathāgatas,” Together With an Offering to the Seven Tathāgatas, A Ritual for Casting One’s Prayers, and A Recitation in Stages Condensed from the Sūtras | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of All Dhāraṇīs called “The Two Stages” | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Maṇḍala Ritual of All Dhāraṇīs | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Activities of All Sādhanas | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Refined Ritual of the Heart of Dependent Arising | 84000 | no translation |
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| 84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha | 4,510 |
| Tibetan Wikipedia | 364 |
| Kangyur (bka' 'gyur) — BDRC eText collection | 103 |
| Shechen collection | 100 |
| Lotsawa House — Tibetan originals (/bo/) | 64 |
| VOA / RFA Tibetan news | 29 |
| OTDO — Old Tibetan Documents Online | 29 |