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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Stages of the Empowerment Ritual | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of the Solitary Hero Form of the Glorious Cakrasaṃvara | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Ritual of Fire Offerings of the Glorious Cakrasaṃvara | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Maṇḍala Ritual called “The Arising of the Glorious Cakrasaṃvara” | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Clarification of the Three Spontaneously Arisen Maṇḍalas | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Questions of the Nāga King Sāgara (2) | 84000 | translated | |
| A Commentary on the Four Lamps | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of the Glorious Vajravārāhī | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Vajravārāhī Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| An Abridged Vajrayoginī Pūjā | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of the Glorious Vajravārāhī | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of Vajrayoginī for the Attainment of Siddhis | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Stages of Self-Empowerment by Means of the Suchness Mantra of Glorious Vajrayoginī | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Vajrayoginī Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of Red Vajrayoginī | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of White Vajrayoginī | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Questions of the Nāga King Sāgara (3) | 84000 | translated | |
| A Sādhana of the Glorious Vajrayoginī | 84000 | no translation | |
| Attaining the Glorious Gnosis of Suchness | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana called “The Attainment of All Goals” | 84000 | no translation | |
| Entering into Gnosis | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of Chinnamuṇḍa Vajravārāhī | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Chinnamuṇḍa Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Ritual for Fire Offerings for the Glorious Vajrayoginī | 84000 | no translation | |
| Completely Ascertaining the Kulika Goddesses | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of the Venerable Vajrayoginī | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana [for the Attainment of Siddhis] with a Tortoise Shell Under Foot | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Questions of the Nāga King Anavatapta | 84000 | translated | |
| A Sādhana of the Mind of Vārāhī | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of Vajrayoginī in the Form of Red Khecari | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Ritual for Caring for Disciples | 84000 | no translation | |
| An Abridged Empowerment Ritual for Vajrayoginī | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Ritual for Food Offerings for Vajrayoginī | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Commentary on Vajrayoginī called “The Follower of Yoga” | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Teaching on the Concise Meaning of the Essential Practices [of the Śābaripāda System] | 84000 | no translation | |
| Ritual for a Vajrayoginī Puja | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of the Protective Maṇḍala of Skeletons | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Commentary on the “Sādhana of the Protective Maṇḍala of Skeletons” called “For the Benefit of Others” | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Questions of the Kinnara King Druma | 84000 | translated | |
| A Vajrayoginī Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Vajravārāhī Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Vajravārāhī Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of White Vajravārāhī | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Praise of Vajravārāhī, She Who Illuminates Wisdom | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Ritual of Secret Fire Offerings, The Wishes of Glorious Vajrayoginī | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Ritual of Fire Offerings, The Intention of Glorious Vajrayoginī | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Ritual of Fire Offerings for Pacification to the Glorious Vajrayoginī | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Ritual Sādhana for the Glorious Vajravārāhī called “Accomplishing All Goals” | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Vajrayoginī Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| Brahmā’s Question | 84000 | translated | |
| A Ritual for Caring for Disciples | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Vajrayoginī Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Bouquet of Clear Realizations | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of the Maṇḍala of the Definitive Meaning of Entering into the Vows of the Supreme Bliss of Vajrayoginī | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Maṇḍala Ritual of Vajrayoginī | 84000 | no translation | |
| An Extensive Commentary on the Perfect Attainment of the Gnosis of Suchness called “An Explanation of Suchness” | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of Vajrayoginī in the Form of Wrathful Vārāhī | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Praise of Vajrayoginī | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Ritual for Remembering Vajrayoginī, the Disguised Vidyādharī | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Ritual for Caring for Disciples | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Questions of Brahmadatta | 84000 | translated | |
| A Sādhana of the Glorious Vajrayoginī | 84000 | no translation | |
| Attaining the Precious Ornament | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Vajravārāhī Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of the Glorious Vajrayoginī | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Praise of Vajrayoginī | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Concise Praise of Vajravārāhī | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Ritual for the Descent of Gnosis | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Ritual of Secret Fire Offerings, the Intention of Glorious Vajrayoginī | 84000 | no translation | |
| Personal Instructions on Violent Activities in Vajrayoginī Practice | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Irreversible Wheel | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Protection Wheel of Vārāhī | 84000 | no translation | |
| Mirror Divination with Vajravārāhī | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Sūtra on the Perfection of Wisdom "The Diamond Cutter" (The Diamond Sūtra) | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Questions of Brahmaviśeṣacintin | 84000 | translated | |
| Making Torma Cakes | 84000 | no translation | |
| Making Hand Offerings | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of Vajravārāhī called “The Flashing Vajra” | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Praise of Vajravārāhī, the Two Stages | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of Vajravārāhī Accomplishing All Goals | 84000 | no translation | |
| Vajravārāhī Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| Settling the Meaning of the Meeting Places and So Forth | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Commentary on the “Sovereign Tantra in Four Parts” called “Binding the Memorable” | 84000 | no translation | |
| An Explanation of the “Tantra in Four Parts” | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Binding of the Armpits | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Sūtra of the Questions of Devaputra Suvikrāntacinta | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana for the Yoga Tantra of “Four Parts” | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of the Glorious Four Vajra Parts | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Jñāneśvarī Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Maṇḍala Ritual for the Glorious “Sovereign Tantra in Four Parts” called “A Concise Summary of the Essence” | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Commentary on the Difficult Points of [the Mantra Beginning With] Ekavṛkṣa, Revealing the Profound Meaning of the Glorious “Tantra in Four Parts” | 84000 | no translation | |
| Stages of the Practice of Making Offerings with Vajra and Bell | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana for the “ Tantra in Four Parts” | 84000 | no translation | |
| A “Fire Offering” Done with Water According to the “ Tantra in Four Parts” | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Jñānaḍākinī Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Yogāmbara Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Questions of Śrīvasu | 84000 | translated | |
| The Four Suchnesses of the “ Tantra in Four Parts” | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Presentation of the Six Suchnesses | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Commentary on the Difficult Points of the “Mahāmāyā Tantra” | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Commentary on the “Mahāmāyā Tantra” called “Endowed with Excellent Qualities” | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Running Commentary on the “Mahāmāyā Tantra” called “The Memorable” | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Commentary on the Difficult Points of the “Mahāmāyā Tantra” | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana for the “Mahāmāyā Tantra” | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Heruka Sādhana in Conformance with the Mahāmāyā Tantra | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Vajrasattva Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Mahāmāyā Sādhana, the Section on Liberation from Delusion | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Questions of Ratnajālin | 84000 | translated | |
| A Maṇḍala Ritual for the Mahāmāyā Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Praise of the Deities of the Maṇḍala of the Mahāmāyā Tantra | 84000 | no translation | |
| Personal Instructions on Suchness | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Running Commentary on the “Personal Instructions on Suchness” | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Mahāmāyā Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of the Glorious Buddhaḍākiṇī | 84000 | no translation | |
| Clarifying the Stages of the Maṇḍala Ritual for the Mahāmāyā Tantra | 84000 | no translation | |
| General Religious Practices | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Praise of the Ḍakas of the Five Families | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Praise of the Glorious Heruka and His Entourage | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Questions of Ratnacandra | 84000 | translated | |
| A Ritual in Seven Sentences | 84000 | no translation | |
| Personal Instructions on Making Clay Images | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Completion Stage of Mahāmāyā | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Mahāmāyā Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Maṇḍala Ritual for the Mahāmāyā Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Maṇḍala Ritual for Mahāmāyā called “The Personal Instructions of the Guru” | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana for One-faced Heruka | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Cremation Ritual Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Mahāmāyā Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Commentary on the Difficult Points of the Vajrāmṛta Tantra | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Question of Kṣemaṅkara | 84000 | translated | |
| An Explanation of the Vajrāmṛta Tantra | 84000 | no translation | |
| An Extensive Explanation of the Glorious Vajrāmṛta Sovereign Tantra | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Commentary on the Difficult Points of the Glorious Buddhakapāla Tantra called “Endowed with Wisdom” | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Commentary on the Difficult Points of the Buddhakapāla Tantra called “The Moon of Suchness” | 84000 | no translation | |
| An Extensive Commentary on the Glorious Buddhakapāla Great Sovereign Tantra called “Abhayākaragupta’s Scriptural Guide” | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana for the Glorious Buddhakapāla Tantra | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Torma Cake Offering Ritual for All Elemental Spirits | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Clear Ritual Stages of the Maṇḍala for the Glorious Buddhakapāla Tantra | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana for the Rigyārali Tantra | 84000 | no translation | |
| An Explanation of the Meaning of the Tantra of the Glorious Ḍākinījālaśaṃvara, The Union of All the Buddhas | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Questions of Rāṣṭrapāla (2) | 84000 | translated | |
| A Running Commentary on the Glorious Ḍākinījālaśaṃvara, the Union of All the Buddhas called “An Ornament for the Union” | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Commentary on the Difficult Points of the Tantra known as “The Glorious Union of All the Buddhas” | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Commentary on the Continuation Tantra of the Ḍākinījālaśaṃvara, the Union of All the Buddhas known as “The Complete Collection of Ceremonial Rituals” | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Commentary on the Difficult Points of the “Glorious Union of All the Buddhas Tantra” | 84000 | no translation | |
| An Arrangement of the Secret Meaning of Glorious Vajrasattva | 84000 | no translation | |
| An Arrangement of the Secret Meaning of Glorious Heruka | 84000 | no translation | |
| An Arrangement of the Secret Meaning of Glorious Vairocana | 84000 | no translation | |
| An Arrangement of the Secret Meaning of Glorious Padmanarteśvarī | 84000 | no translation | |
| An Arrangement of the Secret Meaning of Glorious Vajraratnaprabhā | 84000 | no translation | |
| An Arrangement of the Secret Meaning of Glorious Sughoṭalalita | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Questions of Vikurvāṇarāja | 84000 | translated | |
| Five Rituals for Entering into All Maṇḍalas | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Maṇḍala Ritual for the “Glorious Union of All the Buddhas Tantra” | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Food Offering Ritual for the “Glorious Union of All the Buddhas Tantra” | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana called “The Glorious Heruka” | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of the Glorious Heruka | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana called “The Glorious Heruka” | 84000 | no translation | |
| Illuminating the Meaning of the Four Branches | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Stages of the Sādhana for the Maṇḍala of the “Glorious Union of All the Buddhas Tantra” | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Practical Sādhana for the Great and Glorious Heruka | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Maṇḍala Ritual of the “Glorious Ḍākinījālaśaṃvara, The Union of All the Buddhas Great Sovereign Tantra” called “Generating the Bliss of All Sentient Beings” | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Questions of Vimalaprabhā | 84000 | translated | |
| A Vajrasattva Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of the Bhagavan, the Glorious Supremely Blissful Vajrasattva | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Ritual for Recollecting Glorious Vajrasattva | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Tārā Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of the Great Compassionate Ārya Tārā called “A Clear Realization of the General Features” | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Praise of the Goddess Tārā called “A Sādhana of the Twenty-One Forms” | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Concise Sādhana of the Venerable Ārya Tārā together with the Branches of the Twenty-One Activities | 84000 | no translation | |
| Sequentially Arranged Personal Instructions the Tārā Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Praise of the Bhagavatī Tārā, A Sādhana of Her Twenty-One Forms | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Praise of the Twenty-one Forms of the Goddess Tārā called “The Utterly Pure Crown Jewel” | 84000 | no translation | |
| Instruction on the Mahāyāna | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Praise of Sragdharā | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Praise of Sragdharā | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Praise of Ārya Tārā Sragdharā | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Praise of Ārya Tārā | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Praise to the Goddess Tārā called “A Supplication of Lamentation” | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Praise of Tārā, the Embodiment of the Three Jewels | 84000 | no translation | |
| Personal Instructions on the Great Bliss of Bodhicitta | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of Sragdharā | 84000 | no translation | |
| Meditation on Emptiness | 84000 | no translation | |
| Criticism of Mistaken Views | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Principles of the Perfection of Wisdom in One Hundred and Fifty Lines | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Questions of Śrīmatī the Brahmin Woman | 84000 | translated | |
| Restraining Thieves | 84000 | no translation | |
| Generating Knowledge | 84000 | no translation | |
| Averting Death | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Praise of Ārya Tārā, The King of Praises called “Accomplishing All Goals” | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of the Venerable Tāra According to the Noble Māyajāla Tantra | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana Ritual for the Maṇḍala of Ārya Tārā | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of Ārya Pīṭhīśvarī | 84000 | no translation | |
| An Arrangement of the Clear Realization of Tārā According to the Oḍḍiyāna Tradition | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Oḍḍiyāna Tradition of Tārā | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Maṇḍala Empowerment Ritual | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Questions of an Old Lady | 84000 | translated | |
| A Sādhana of the Single-Deity Yoginī | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of Tārā According to the Oḍḍiyāna Tradition | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Short Torma Cake Ritual | 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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