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 Sādhana in Four Branches for the Glorious Kālacakra | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana in Eleven Branches for the Stellar Constellation Maṇḍala of the Glorious Kālacakra | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of the Glorious Kālacakra | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Maṇḍala Ritual of the Glorious Kālacakra | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Four Boys’ Absorption | 84000 | translated | |
| A Maṇḍala Ritual of the Glorious Kālacakra | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of the Simultaneously Arisen Glorious Kālacakra | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of the Simultaneously Arisen and Instantaneously Produced Glorious Kālacakra | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of the Glorious Kālacakra called “Clarifying the Yogic Methods” | 84000 | no translation | |
| Six-Branched Yoga | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana called “The Ornament of the Essence of the Glorious Kālacakra” | 84000 | no translation | |
| Personal Instructions on Kālacakra | 84000 | no translation | |
| Six-Branched Yoga | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Commentary on [Anupamarakṣita’s] “Six-Branched Yoga” | 84000 | no translation | |
| Advice on Kālacakra called “A Sādhana of the Sun and Moon” | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Supreme Samādhi | 84000 | no translation | |
| Sādhana of the Wisdom-Eye | 84000 | no translation | |
| Clarifying the Essence of the Three Yogas | 84000 | no translation | |
| Personal Instructions on Six-Branched Yoga | 84000 | no translation | |
| Personal Instructions on the Glorious Kālacakra, A Commentary on the Difficult Points of the Tantra and Six-Branched Yoga | 84000 | no translation | |
| Personal Instructions on Six-Branched Yoga | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Six Branches of Yoga | 84000 | no translation | |
| Garland of Yoga | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Inner Bouquet | 84000 | no translation | |
| Essential Vajra Words | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Root Downfalls in the Kālacakra Vajra Vehicle | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Ratnaketu Dhāraṇī | 84000 | translated | |
| The Vows and Commitments of the Glorious Kālacakra | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Praise of the Glorious Kālacakra in Daṇḍaka Metre | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Torma Cake Ritual for the Sixty-four Yoginīs in Eight Sets Each | 84000 | no translation | |
| Entering into the Kālacakra | 84000 | no translation | |
| Personal Instructions on the Calculations in the Glorious Kālacakra | 84000 | no translation | |
| Personal Instructions on the Calculations for Lunar and Solar Eclipses | 84000 | no translation | |
| Personal Instructions on the Calculations of Each of the Five Planets | 84000 | no translation | |
| Six-Branched Yoga | 84000 | no translation | |
| Annotations on Six-Branched Yoga called “Filled With Good Qualities” | 84000 | no translation | |
| Annotations to the “Summary of Empowerment” | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Dhāraṇī of the Vajra Quintessence | 84000 | translated | |
| A Summary of the Essence of Vajra Words | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Commentary on the Difficult Points of the “Summary of the Essence of Vajra Words” | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Ritual for Consecrating Images of the Glorious Kālacakra | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Ritual for Food Offerings in the Glorious Kālacakra | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Ritual for Fire Offerings in the Glorious Kālacakra | 84000 | no translation | |
| Annotations to “Reciting the Names of Mañjuśrī” called “Drops of Elixir” | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Running Commentary on “Reciting the Names of Mañjuśrī” called “The Clear Lamp of Drops of Elixir” | 84000 | no translation | |
| An Explanation of “Reciting the Names of Mañjuśrī” | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Commentary on “Reciting the Names of Mañjuśrī” called “The Stainless Light” | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Commentary on the Benefits of “Reciting the Names of Mañjuśrī” | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Perfection of Wisdom Teachings “The Questions of Suvikrāntavikrāmin” | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Dhāraṇī of Accomplishing the Boundless Gateways | 84000 | translated | |
| The Clear Realization of “Reciting the Names of Mañjuśrī” | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Commentary on the Difficult Points of the Cakrasaṃvara Tantra called “An Introduction to the Sādhana” | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Explanation of the Concise Meaning of the Abridged Tantra Taken From the Hundred Thousand Line Presentation | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Commentary on the Difficult Points of the Cakrasaṃvara Tantra | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Commentary on the Difficult Points called “A Multitude of Jewels” | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Commentary on the Difficult Points of the Cakrasaṃvara Tantra called “Bringing to Mind the Great Hero” | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Commentary on the Difficult Points of the Root Tantra of Cakrasaṃvara | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Cakrasaṃvara Sādhana called “An Extensive Commentary on All the Abodes” | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Commentary called “The Abode of All Good Qualities Without Exception” | 84000 | no translation | |
| Explanations Connected to Pairs of Two | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Dhāraṇī of the Six Gates | 84000 | translated | |
| A Commentary on the Glorious Saṃvara called “Mastery of the Glorious Suchness” | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Import of the Chapters of the Abridged Samvara Tantra | 84000 | no translation | |
| An Extensive Explanation of the Glorious Saṃvara called “Clarifying the Meaning of the Words” | 84000 | no translation | |
| An Explanation the Glorious Cakrasaṃvara, King of Tantras, called “The Concise Saṃvara” | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Foundational Commentary on the Root [Cakrasaṃvara] and Continuation Tantras, the Condensed Essence of the Root Tantra | 84000 | no translation | |
| An Explanation of the Great King of Tantras called “The Glorious Vajraḍāka” | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Running Commentary on the King of Tantras, the Guhyavajra | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Commentary on the Difficult Points of the Vajraḍāka Tantra called “Stabilizing Suchness” | 84000 | no translation | |
| An Extensive Commentary on the Glorious Great Secret Lotus | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Commentary on the Great King of Yogiṇī Tantras, The Ocean of Ḍākas, called “The Ship” | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Dhāraṇī “Entering into Nonconceptuality” | 84000 | translated | |
| A Commentary on the Difficult Points of the Arising of Śaṃvara, Great King of Tantras, called “Lotus Pond” | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Commentary in a Few Words on the Difficult Points of the Arising of Heruka, Great King of Yogiṇī Tantras | 84000 | no translation | |
| Explanations Connected to the Manifesting of Yogiṇīs Tantra | 84000 | no translation | |
| An Explanation of the Manifesting of Yogiṇīs Tantra called “Clarifying the Meaning of the Words” | 84000 | no translation | |
| An Extensive Explanation of the [Extant] Khasama Tantra | 84000 | no translation | |
| Praise of the Hundred and Eight Names of Glorious Cakrasaṃvara | 84000 | no translation | |
| Essence of Suchness Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Clear Realization of the Glorious Bhagavan | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Praise of the Glorious Cakrasaṃvara, The Utterly Pure Crown Jewel Accomplishing All Aims | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of the Glorious Cakrasamvara called “A Summary of Suchness” | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Two Stanza Dhāraṇī | 84000 | translated | |
| A Maṇḍala Ritual of the Glorious Cakrasamvara called “Entering into Suchness” | 84000 | no translation | |
| Concise Personal Instructions on the Cakrasaṃvara Empowerment | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of the Glorious Cakrasamvara | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Five Stages of Glorious Cakrasaṃvara | 84000 | no translation | |
| Clear Realization of the Body Maṇḍala of Cakrasaṃvara | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Running Commentary on “The Five Stages of Glorious Cakrasaṃvara” | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of the Spontaneously Arisen Saṃvara | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of the Bhagavan Cakrasaṃvara called “The Precious Wish-fulfilling Jewel” | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of the Spontaneously Arisen Two-Armed Form of Saṃvara | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Ritual for Food Offerings | 84000 | no translation | |
| Cultivating Trust in the Great Vehicle | 84000 | translated | |
| A Praise of the Glorious Cakrasaṃvara | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Praise of the Deities of the Maṇḍala called “The Bestower of Precious Magical Emanations” | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Praise of the Glorious Vajaraḍaka in Daṇḍaka Metre | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of the Bhagavan, the Glorious Cakrasaṃvara called “The Precious Crown Jewel” | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Maṇḍala Ritual of the Glorious Cakrasamvara called “Brightening the Jewelled Lamp” | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of the Glorious Cakrasamvara | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Maṇḍala Ritual of the Bhagavan, the Glorious Cakrasaṃvara | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Ritual for Fire Offerings in the Glorious Cakrasaṃvara | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Drop of Springtime | 84000 | no translation | |
| An Extensive Commentary on “The Drop of Springtime” | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Dhāraṇī of the Jewel Torch | 84000 | translated | |
| Revealing the Secret Suchness | 84000 | no translation | |
| The “Olapati” or “Four Stages” | 84000 | no translation | |
| Distinguishing the Four Stages | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of the Seven Syllables | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of the Glorious Vajrasattva | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Confession Ritual for Cakrasaṃvara | 84000 | no translation | |
| Attaining the Essential Suchness of Glorious Cakrasaṃvara | 84000 | no translation | |
| Personal Instructions on the Glorious Spontaneously Arisen [Saṃvara] | 84000 | no translation | |
| Self-Empowerment in the Glorious Spontaneously Arisen Saṃvara | 84000 | no translation | |
| Self-Empowerment in the Glorious Spontaneously Arisen Saṃvara | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Sūtra Teaching the Miracles in the Domain of Skillful Means that the Bodhisattvas Have at their Disposition | 84000 | no translation | |
| An Explanation of Saṃvara | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of the Seven Syllables | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of the Glorious Cakrasamvara called “Melting Drops of Elixir” | 84000 | no translation | |
| Bestowing Knowledge of Saṃvara | 84000 | no translation | |
| Solitary Hero Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Commentary on the Difficult Points of [Lūhipāda’s] “Clear Realization of the Glorious Bhagavan” | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Ritual for Making External Offerings to the Glorious Cakrasaṃvara | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Ritual for Making Torma Cakes for the Glorious Cakrasaṃvara | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Ritual for Making Offerings to the Glorious Cakrasaṃvara With One’s Hands | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Concise Maṇḍala Ritual of the Glorious Cakrasaṃvara | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Teaching on the Great Compassion of the Tathāgata | 84000 | translated | |
| The Stages of Empowerment Activities for Glorious Cakrasaṃvara | 84000 | no translation | |
| Self-Empowerment into the Glorious Spontaneously Arisen Supreme Bliss | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of the Solitary Hero Form of Heruka | 84000 | no translation | |
| Clarification of the Generic Fire Offering of the Glorious Saṃvara | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Concise Ritual of Pacification Fire Offerings of the Glorious Saṃvara | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Ritual for Clay Images | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Cakrasamvara Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Way of Making a Maṇḍala of the Glorious Cakrasamvara | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of the Glorious Heruka | 84000 | no translation | |
| Auspicious Verses for the Maṇḍala of the Glorious Cakrasaṃvara | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Sūtra of the Questions of Gaganagañja | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana called “The Essence of Suchness” | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Purity of Heruka | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Concise Sādhana of the Great and Glorious Heruka | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of the Seven Syllables | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of the Glorious Cakrasamvara “The Jewelled Lamp” | 84000 | no translation | |
| Personal Instructions on the Glorious Cakrasamvara | 84000 | no translation | |
| An Empowerment Ritual for the Thirteen-Deity Form of the Glorious Cakrasamvara | 84000 | no translation | |
| Consecration of the Glorious Cakrasamvara | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of the Glorious Cakrasamvara in Thirty Verses | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Maṇḍala Ritual for the Thirteen-Deity Form of the Glorious Cakrasamvara | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Question of Maitreya (3) | 84000 | translated | |
| Distinguishing Clear Realizations | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of the Glorious Cakrasamvara | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Clear Realization of the Glorious Bhagavan | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Solitary Hero Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Vajra Song of Vajrāsana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Running Commentary on the “Vajra Song of Vajrāsana” | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Song of Deeds | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Running Commentary on the “Song of Deeds” | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Method for the Clear Realization of the Glorious Cakrasamvara | 84000 | no translation | |
| An Exposition of Empowerment | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Perfection of Wisdom in Five Hundred Lines | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Inquiry of Avalokiteśvara on the Seven Qualities | 84000 | translated | |
| Personal Instructions on the Stages of Self-Empowerment | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of the Bhagavan Mañjuvajra | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Fire Offering Ritual | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana Extracted from the King of Tantras, the Glorious Vajraḍāka, called “The Garland of Seeing Bodhicitta” | 84000 | no translation | |
| Illuminating the Suchness of the Spontaneously Arisen Glorious Cakrasaṃvara | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Summary of Suchness, the Essence of the Glorious Cakrasaṃvara | 84000 | no translation | |
| Illuminating the Suchness of the Spontaneously Arisen | 84000 | no translation | |
| Personal Instructions on the Suchness of the Glorious Cakrasaṃvara | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Inner Heat Yoga, Personal Instructions on the Non-dual Meditation on Glorious Cakrasaṃvara | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Running Commentary on Lūipāda’s “Clear Realization” called “The Arising of Saṃvara” | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Questions of Pratibhānamati | 84000 | translated | |
| A Commentary on the “Running Commentary on Lūipāda’s Clear Realization” called “Particularly Clear” | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Maṇḍala Ritual of the Glorious Saṃvara | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Commentary on the Difficult Points of [Lūipāda’s] “Clear Realization” of the Glorious Saṃvara | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Ritual of the Glorious Cakrasaṃvara, “The Captivating Garland” | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Pleasing Essence | 84000 | no translation | |
| Personal Instructions on the Arising of Gnosis | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of the Glorious “Arising of Saṃvara” | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana on the Circle of Deities of the Maṇḍala in the Glorious Ocean of Ḍakas Tantra, “The Treasury of Red Lotuses” | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Praise in Forty-Eight Lines | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Torma Cake Ritual, “The Essence of the Jewelled Stone” | 84000 | no translation | |
| Guru Maṇḍala | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Questions of Sāgaramati | 84000 | translated | |
| A Praise of the Glorious Cakrasaṃvara | 84000 | no translation | |
| An Empowerment Ritual from the Glorious Ocean of Ḍakas Tantra | 84000 | no translation | |
| An Fire Offering Ritual from the Glorious Ocean of Ḍakas Tantra | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana in the form of Personal Instructions on Self-Empowerment | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Wishfulfilling Jewel of the Glorious Secret | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Precious Secret | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Radiant Elixir | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Teaching of the Bodiless Vajraḍākiṇī | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Vajraḍākiṇī’s Teachings on the Terminology of Seeing, Meditating, and Acting | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Oral Transmission of Personal Instructions on the Glorious Saṃvara called “The Wishfulfilling Jewel” | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Questions of the Nāga King Sāgara (1) | 84000 | translated | |
| A Praise of the Glorious Cakrasaṃvara Maṇḍala | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Praise of the Assembled Deities of the Glorious Cakrasaṃvara Maṇḍala | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Praise of the Glorious Cakrasaṃvara | 84000 | no translation | |
| An Extensive Confession Ritual of the Glorious Cakrasaṃvara | 84000 | no translation | |
| An Exposition of the Path | 84000 | no translation |
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| Tibetan Wikipedia | 364 |
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| Lotsawa House — Tibetan originals (/bo/) | 64 |
| VOA / RFA Tibetan news | 29 |
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