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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sūtra on Maitreya | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Past Endeavor of Kanakavarṇa | 84000 | translated | |
| A Dhanada Tārā Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Ritual Performance Text for the Bhagavatī Ārya Tārā Taken from the Heart of Amitābha Tantra | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of the Liberator From Bad Transmigrations | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of the Goddess Ārya Tārā | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Tārā Sādhana of Personal Instructions on Avoiding Death | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Viśvamātā Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of Ārya Tārā Who Bestows the Attainment of All Objectives | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Ritual of the Venerable Ārya Tārā | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of Ārya Jāṅgulī | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Dhāraṇī of Ārya Jāṅgulī | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Sūtra of Prince Arthasiddhi | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of Ārya Jāṅgulī | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Mahāvidyā of Ārya Jāṅgulī | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Ritual Procedure Text for the Bhagavatī Ārya Jāṅgulī | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of Ārya Jāṅgulī | 84000 | no translation | |
| An Ekajaṭā Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| An Ekajaṭā Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| An Sādhana of Ārya Ekajaṭā | 84000 | no translation | |
| An Ekajaṭā Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| An Ekajaṭā Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Cunda Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Sūtra of Brahmā’s Net | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Cunda Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Cunda Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of Ten-armed White Mārīcī as Proclaimed in the Procedural Tantra [of Māyāmārīcī] | 84000 | no translation | |
| An Aśokakāntā Mārīcī Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Mārīcī Sādhana as Proclaimed in the Procedural Tantra [of Māyāmārīcī] | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Mārīcī Sādhana Together With a Ritual as Proclaimed in the Procedural Tantra [of Māyāmārīcī] | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Vajradhātvīśvarī Mārīcī Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of Eight-armed Yellow Mārīcī | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Mārīcī Sādhana from Oḍḍiyāna | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Mārīcī Sādhana from Oḍḍiyāna | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Sūtra of Repaying the Kindness of the Buddha Who Has Great Skill in Means | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Mārīcī Sādhana Arranged for Self-consecration | 84000 | no translation | |
| An Aśokakāntā 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 | |
| A Sādhana of Glorious Picumī Mārīcī | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Mārīcī Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| An Abbreviated Mārīcī Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| Personal Instructions on the Dhāraṇī of Ārya Mārīcī | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Parṇaśabarī Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Parṇaśabarī Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| Teaching the Causes and Results of Good and Ill | 84000 | translated | |
| The Dhāraṇī of Ārya Parṇaśabarī | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of Glorious Mahākāla | 84000 | no translation | |
| A White Prajñāpāramitā Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of Golden-hued Prajñāpāramitā | 84000 | no translation | |
| An Abbreviated Sādhana of Golden-hued Prajñāpāramitā | 84000 | no translation | |
| A White Prajñāpāramitā Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A White Prajñāpāramitā Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Golden-hued Prajñāpāramitā Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Prajñāpāramitā Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Golden-hued Prajñāpāramitā Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| Teaching the Ripening of Virtuous and Nonvirtuous Actions | 84000 | translated | |
| A Prajñāpāramitā Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of Ārya Vajrasarasvatī | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of Great Sarasvatī | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Vajrasarasvatī Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Vajrasarasvatī Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Vajravina Sarasvatī Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Vajrasarasvatī Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Vajrasarasvatī Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Vajrasarasvatī Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Bhṛkuṭī Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| From the Sūtra of the Questions of Candragarbha: Showing How the Buddha’s Teaching Abides and Perishes | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Bhṛkuṭī Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Kurukullā Sādhana Taken from the Tāra Procedural Tantra | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Kurukullā Sādhana in Prose Form Taken from the Tāra Procedural Tantra | 84000 | no translation | |
| Personal Instructions on the Sovereignty of Kurukullā | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Kurukullā Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of the Glorious Ārya Kurukullā | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Kurukullā Sādhana from Oḍḍiyāna | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Kurukullā Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Kurukullā Sādhana According to the Arrangement in the Hevajra Tantra | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Kurukullā Sādhana Extracted from the Hevajra Tantra | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Prophecy on Mount Gośṛṅga | 84000 | translated | |
| A Sādhana of the Venerable Six-armed Kurukullā | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of Six-armed Kurukullā | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of Eight-armed Kurukullā | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Kurukullā Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| An Arrangement of Personal Instructions on Kurukullā | 84000 | no translation | |
| A White Kurukullā Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Kurukullā Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Kurukullā Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Kurukullā Sādhana as Proclaimed in the Procedural Tantra | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Practice of Extending the Activities of Kurukullā | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Exemplary Tale of Śārdūlakarṇa | 84000 | translated | |
| An Uṣṇīṣavijayā Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of Ārya Sitātapatra Aparājitā | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Vajracarcikā Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Mahāpratisarā Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Mahāpratisarā Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Pratisarā Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of Ārya Mahāmāyūrī | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Mahāsahasra Pramardanī Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Mahāmantrānudhāraṇī Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Mahāśītavatī Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Sūtra of the Twelve Eyes | 84000 | no translation | |
| An Abbreviated Sādhana of the Five Goddesses | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Mahāpratyaṅgirā Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Dhvajāgrakeyūrā Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| An Aparājitā Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Vajragāndhārī Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Vajragāndhārī Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Ritual of the Five Rakṣās | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Vajraśṛṅkhalā Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Vajraśṛṅkhalā Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Ritual for the Vajraśṛṅkhalā Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Sūtra of the Forty-Two Sections | 84000 | no translation | |
| Sūtra on the Meditation on Loving Kindness | 84000 | no translation | |
| Reciting the Names of Mañjuśrī | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Dhvajāgrakeyūrā Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of Ārya Uṣṇīṣavijayā | 84000 | no translation | |
| An Uṣṇīṣavijayā Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of the Goddess Vasudhārā | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Vasudhārā Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Vasudhārā Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| Personal Instructions on the Vasudhārā Dhāraṇī | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Vajravārāhī Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Ritual for the Prajñāloka Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Ritual for Subjugation with Vajravārāhī | 84000 | no translation | |
| Summary of Empowerment | 84000 | translated | |
| Accomplishing All Aims According to the Ritual Manual for the Glorious Vajravārāhī | 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 | |
| An Abbreviated Sādhana of Glorious Jambhala | 84000 | no translation | |
| An Abbreviated Jambhala Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| An Extensive Jambhala Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of Glorious Jambhala | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Glorious Kālacakra, King of Tantras, Taken from the Supreme Primordial Buddha Tantra | 84000 | no translation | |
| Personal Instructions on Making Water Offerings to Jambhala | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Hayagrīva Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Hayagrīva Sādhana as Proclaimed in the Seven Hundred Line Ritual Manual | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Hayagrīva Sādhana [From] the Essence of All Tantras Continuation Tantra | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Trailokyavijaya Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Vajrajvālānalārka Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| 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 | |
| The Essence of the Higher Tantra of Kālacakra | 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 Vajrahūṃkāra Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Mahābala Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of the Vajrakrodha Ārya Mahābala | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Heruka Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Two-armed Hevajra Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Solitary Nairātmyā Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Essence of the Tantra of Kālacakra | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Nairātmyā Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| An Abbreviated Sādhana of the Glorious Bhūtaḍāmara | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Ritual for the Bhūtaḍāmara Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of the Glorious Mahākāla | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Mahākāla Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Nāgeśvararāja Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Ritual of the Hundred Syllable Mantra | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of Ārya Maitreya | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of Ārya Maitreya | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of the Glorious Ajitanātha | 84000 | no translation | |
| Performance of the Initiation | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Siṃhanāda Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of Khasarpaṇa Lokanātha | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of the Goddess Tārā | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of the Bhagavatī Prajñāpāramitā | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of Mañjughoṣa in the Guise of a Great King | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of Ārya Yamāntaka | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of the Goddess Vasudhārā | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Kurukullā Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Jambhala Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Bhṛkuṭī Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Higher Tantra of the Deity Ḍākinījālaśaṃvara, Who is the Union of All the Buddhas | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of the Goddess Mārīcī | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of the Goddess Mārīcī | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of the Goddess Mārīcī | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of Ārya Mārīcī | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Vajraśṛṅkhalā Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Khadiravaṇī Tārā Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| One Hundred and Eight Sādhanas [of the Goddess Tārā] | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Ritual for Extending Life | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Praise of the Great and Glorious Tārā | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Praise of Ārya Tārā in Twelve Verses | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Praise of Ārya Tārā called “Accomplishing Enlightened Activities” | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Supplementary Tantra to the The Higher Tantra of the Deity Ḍākinījālaśaṃvara, Who is the Union of All the Buddhas | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Praise of the Goddess Ārya Tārā called “The Garland of Flowers” | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Praise of the Goddess Ārya Tārā | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of Ārya Tārā who Provides Refuge from the Eight Fears | 84000 | no translation | |
| A White Tārā Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| An Abbreviated Ritual for Entering into the Maṇḍala of Tārā | 84000 | no translation | |
| Entering into the Maṇḍala of Ārya Tārā | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Tārā Sādhana called “The Wish-fulfilling Jewel” | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Tārā Purification Ritual | 84000 | no translation |
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| Source | Texts |
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| 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 |