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.
25,300texts catalogued 12,686ready to translate (text on disk) 18categories 9sources
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Consecration Ritual | 84000 | no translation | |
| Entry into the Gloomy Forest | 84000 | translated | |
| Maṇḍala Rituals called "The Vajra Garland" | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Garland of Completion Stage Yogas | 84000 | no translation | |
| Fire Offering Rituals, called “The Fruit Cluster of Radiant Light” | 84000 | no translation | |
| Remembering the Buddha | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of the King of the Three Commitments | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Praise of the Eloquence of Vajradhara | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Benefits of Praises | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of the Commitments of the Three Commitments | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Vajrāsana Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Vajrāsana Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Father and Mother Sūtra | 84000 | translated | |
| A Sādhana of the Six Syllable Mantra | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of the Six Syllable Mantra | 84000 | no translation | |
| Some Specific Personal Instructions on the Sādhana of the Six Syllable Mantra | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Khasarpaṇa Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Khasarpaṇa Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Siṃhanāda Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Dhāraṇī of Siṃhanāda | 84000 | translated | |
| A Siṃhanāda Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Hālāhala Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Hālāhala Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Sūtra on the Four Truths | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Padmanarteśvara Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Padmanarteśvara Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of the One Who Rests on Viṣṇu, a Garuda, and a Lion | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of the One Who Rests on Viṣṇu, a Garuda, and a Lion | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of Lokeśvara Who Has Sovereignty Over the Three Worlds | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of Lokeśvara Who Has Sovereignty Over the Three Worlds | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of Red Lokeśvara | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of Ārya Avalokiteśvara | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sthiracakra Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sthiracakra Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| Distinctly Ascertaining the Meanings | 84000 | translated | |
| A Vādirāṭ Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Vādirāṭ Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of the Unelaborated | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of the Unelaborated | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of the Unelaborated of Immediate Experience | 84000 | no translation | |
| Specific Personal Instructions | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Vajrānaṅga Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Vajrānaṅga Mañjuśrī Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Vāgīśvara Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Vāgīśvara Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Purpose in Full | 84000 | translated | |
| A Vāgīśvara Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of Speech | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of Speech | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Mañjuśrī Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Solitary Hero Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Solitary Hero Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| An Alimanmatha Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Mañjuśrī Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Mañjuśrī Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Mañjuśrī Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Marvelous Dharma Discourse | 84000 | translated | |
| The Generation of Wisdom | 84000 | no translation | |
| Increasing Wisdom | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of Prajñācakra Mañjuśrī | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Tārā Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Tārā Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Tārā Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Tārā Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Vajratārā Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Vajratārā Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of Ārya Tārā | 84000 | no translation | |
| Account of the Previous Lives of the Buddha | 84000 | no translation | |
| Describing the Benefits of Producing Representations of the Thus-Gone One | 84000 | translated | |
| Specific Personal Instructions | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Tārā Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Tārā Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A White Tārā Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A White Tārā Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A White Tārā Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Jāṅgulī Tārā Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Dhanadā Tārā Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Kurukullā Tāra Emanation Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Kurukullā Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Verses on Circumambulating Shrines | 84000 | translated | |
| Personal Instructions | 84000 | no translation | |
| Specific Personal Instructions | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Kurukullā Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Kurukullā Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Kurukullā Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Kurukullā Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Kurukullā Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Kurukullā Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Kurukullā Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Prajñāpāramitā Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| Verses for Prasenajit | 84000 | translated | |
| A Prajñāpāramitā Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Prajñāpāramitā Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Prajñāpāramitā Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sarasvatī Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Vajrasarasvatī Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sarasvatī Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Mārīcī Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Mārīcī Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Mārīcī Sādhana as Proclaimed in the Procedural Tantra [of Māyāmārīcī] | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Mārīcī Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Single Stanza | 84000 | translated | |
| A Mārīcī Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Mārīcī Sādhana from Oḍḍiyāna | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Mārīcī Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Mārīcī Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| An Aśokakāntā Mārīcī Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| Specific Personal Instructions | 84000 | no translation | |
| Personal Instructions on Reciting the Dhāraṇī | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Vasudhārā Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Vasudhārā Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Vasudhārā Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Four Stanzas | 84000 | translated | |
| Personal Instructions on the Vasudhārā Dhāraṇī | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Vajraśṛṅkhalā Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Vajraśṛṅkhalā Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Bhṛkuṭī Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Bhṛkuṭī Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| Toh 3245 | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Cundā Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| An Ekajaṭā Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| An Uṣṇīṣavijayā Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| An Aparājitā Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Verses of Nāga King Drum | 84000 | translated | |
| A Vajracarcikā Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Mahāpratisarā Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Mahāmāyūrī Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Mahāsahasra Pramardanī Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Mahāmantrānusāriṇī Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Mahāśītavatī Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| An Eloquent Recitation of the Five Deities with Other Personal Instructions | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Mahāpratyaṅgirā [Sādhana] | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Dhavajāgrakeyūrā Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| An Aparājitā Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| Chapters of Utterances on Specific Topics | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Vajragāndhārī Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Prasannatārā Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Caṇḍamahāroṣaṇa Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Caṇḍamahāroṣaṇa Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Maitreya Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Maitreya Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| An Ucchuṣma Jambhala Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Jambhala Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Jambhala Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Jambhala Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Good Person | 84000 | translated | |
| A Sādhana of the Glorious Jambhala | 84000 | no translation | |
| An Abbreviated Jambhala Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of the Glorious Jambhala | 84000 | no translation | |
| Personal Instructions on Stabilizing [Jambhala] | 84000 | no translation | |
| Personal Instructions on Jambhala | 84000 | no translation | |
| Specific Personal Instructions | 84000 | no translation | |
| Specific Advice [on Jambhala] | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Hayagrīva Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Trailokyavijaya Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Vajrajvālānalārka Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Sūtra of Nanda’s Going Forth | 84000 | translated | |
| A Paramāśva Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of Ārya Red Yamāri | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Black Yamāri Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Black Yamāri Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Black Yamāri Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Yamāntaka Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Yamāntaka Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Vighnāntaka Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Torma Cake Ritual | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Vajrahūṃkāra Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Devatā Sūtra | 84000 | translated | |
| A Mahābala Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Heruka Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Hevajra Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Nairātmā Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Nairātmā Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Vajravārāhī Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Ritual for Subjugation with Vajravārāhī | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Vajravārāhī Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Procedural Text for the Glorious Vajravārāhī called “Accomplishing All Aims” | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Vajravārāhī Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| Sūtra of Āṭānāṭīya | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Shorter Devatā Sūtra | 84000 | translated | |
| An Abbreviated Vajravārāhī Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Vajrayoginī Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| An Abbreviated Sādhana of the Glorious Bhūtaḍāmara | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Bhūtaḍāmara Sādhana Together with Auxillary Practices | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Mahākāla Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Compendium of the Activities of a Vajra Master | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Vajrāsana Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sthiracakra Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sthiracakra Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sthiracakra Sādhana in Prose Form | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Sūtra of the Moon (2) | 84000 | translated | |
| An Arapacana Sādhana in Prose Form | 84000 | no translation | |
| An Arapacana Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of the Glorious Mañjuśrī | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Mañjuvajra Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Vādirāja Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of Mañjusri Delighting as a Great King | 84000 | no translation | |
| An Abbreviated Mañjuśrī Sādhana as Taught in the Vidyādhara Collection | 84000 | no translation | |
| An Abbreviated Mañjuśrī Sādhana Connected with the Vidyādhara Collection | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Wisdom Yoga of Mañjuśrī | 84000 | no translation |
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| Source | Texts |
|---|---|
| Buddhist Digital Resource Center — eText collection | 11,997 |
| rKTs — Resources for Kanjur and Tanjur Studies | 8,104 |
| 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 |