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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal Instructions on Suchness called “A Treasure of Dohās” | 84000 | no translation | |
| Twenty Verses on the Mahāyāna | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Justification of [the Expression] “Mental Non-engagement” | 84000 | no translation | |
| Taking Refuge in the Three Jewels | 84000 | translated | |
| Twenty Verses on the Mahāyāna Suchness | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Supreme Secret Personal Instructions | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Teaching on Empowerment | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Commentary on the Difficult Points of “A Teaching on Empowerment” | 84000 | no translation | |
| An Extensive Commentary on the “Ten Verses on Suchness” | 84000 | no translation | |
| Vajra Words | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Commentary on the Difficult Points of the “Treasury of Dohā Songs” | 84000 | no translation | |
| An Extensive Explanation on the Teaching on the Suchness of the Natural State called “A Song Completely Filling the Inexhaustible Treasury” | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Commentary on the Difficult Points of the “Treasury of Dohā Songs” | 84000 | no translation | |
| An Extensive Commentary on the Four Seals called “The Jewel Heart” | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Sūtra on Transmigration Through Existences | 84000 | translated | |
| Achieving Spontaneous Generation | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Guide to “Achieving Spontaneous Generation” | 84000 | no translation | |
| Achieving the Glorious Suchness | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Song of Performing Deeds called “The Treasury of Dohās” | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Song of Personal Instructions on the “Inexhaustible Treasury” | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Commentary on “The Song of Performing Deeds called ‘The Treasury of Dohās’” called “The Lamp of the Meaning” | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Consonant Dohā | 84000 | translated | |
| The Written Explanation to the Consonant Dohā | 84000 | translated | |
| A Commentary on the Song of the Meaning of the Essence of the Treasury of Dohās | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Vajra Song of the Deathless, The Treasury of Exalted Body | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Sūtra Gathering All Fragments | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Vajra Song of the Sweetest Sounds, The Treasury of Exalted Speech | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Vajra Song of the Unborn, The Treasury of Exalted Mind | 84000 | no translation | |
| Mental Non-Engagement with regard to Exalted Body, Speech, and Mind | 84000 | no translation | |
| Personal Instructions on the Great Seal called “A Treasury of Dohās” | 84000 | no translation | |
| Twelve Verses of Personal Instructions | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Stages of Self-Empowerment | 84000 | no translation | |
| Personal Instructions on Suchness called “A Dohā Song of the Tip” | 84000 | no translation | |
| Cultivating [An Understanding of] Objects | 84000 | no translation | |
| Four and a Half Verses | 84000 | no translation | |
| An Exposition on Non-Conceptuality | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Sūtra on the the Buddha’s Deliberations | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Treasury of Dohās | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Treasury of Dohās | 84000 | no translation | |
| Five Verses | 84000 | no translation | |
| Virūpa’s Verses on the Eight-Four Mahāsiddhas | 84000 | no translation | |
| Sūtras Relating the Path and Result | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Foundation for the Attainment of Elixir | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Whispered Lineage of Personal Instructions of the Ḍākinī called “Instructions on Cutting Off Torment” | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Vajra Song of the Great Seal | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Vajra Song | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Vajra Song | 84000 | no translation | |
| Discussions of Thus-Gone Ones | 84000 | translated | |
| A Vajra Song | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Vajra Song | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Essence of the Realizations of the Eight-Four Siddhas | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Running Commentary on [Saraha’s] “Song of Performing Deeds called ‘The Treasury of Dohās’” | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Meditation on the Mode of Subsistence of Objects | 84000 | no translation | |
| Personal Instructions on the Four Seals | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Commentary on the Verses on Suchness which Teach All Phenomena as Non-Abiding | 84000 | no translation | |
| Realizing What Has Not Been Realized | 84000 | no translation | |
| An Exposition Condensing the Essence | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Six Stages of Meditation | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Perfection of Wisdom in One Syllable | 84000 | translated | |
| The Sūtra on the Splendid Commitments of the Tathāgatas | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Commentary on the “Namo Buddhāya” | 84000 | no translation | |
| Treasury of Dohās | 84000 | no translation | |
| An Extensive Commentary on Kṛṣṇavajrapāda’s “Treasury of Dohās” | 84000 | no translation | |
| Personal Instructions on the Great Seal | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Summary of the View | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Inconceivable Nature, Advice to the Yogi | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Inconceivable Enlightened Activities, Advice to the Powerful | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Inconceivable Song, Advice to the Bard | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Inconceivable Reality, Advice to the Heretic | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Inconceivable Practice of Killing, Advice to the Butcher | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Jewel Cloud | 84000 | translated | |
| The Inconceivable Varieties, Advice to the Vedic Scholar | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Inconceivable Object, Advice to the Master Illusionist | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Great Bliss of the Inconceivable, Advice to the Prostitute | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Song called “Bringing About the Definite Liberation of the Mind from Saṃsāra” | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Song of the View of the Realm of Reality | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Lamp of the Body: The Personal Instructions | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Lamp of Speech: The Vehicle | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Lamp of the Correct View | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Precious Lamp | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Lamp of the Basis: Sameness | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Great Cloud (1) | 84000 | translated | |
| The Lamp of the Result: The Final Limit | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Lamp of Enlightened Deeds | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Lamp of the Path: Yoga | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Lamp of the Mind: The Secret | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Maṇḍala Ritual | 84000 | no translation | |
| Personal Instructions Without Words, The Great Seal of Suchness | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of the Perfection of Wisdom | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of the Venerable Tārā | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Vajravārāhī Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Sādhana of Wrathful Mañjuśrī | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Chapter from the Great Cloud Sūtra on the Great Playful Festival of the Oceanic Gathering of the Bodhisattvas of the Ten Directions | 84000 | no translation | |
| Personal Instructions on the Six Yogas | 84000 | no translation | |
| Personal Instructions of the Ḍākiṇī called “An Exemplar of Perfect Speech” | 84000 | no translation | |
| Supplementary Texts | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Clear Summary of the Five Stages | 84000 | no translation | |
| One Hundred Essential Verses Bestowing Understanding | 84000 | no translation | |
| An Explanation of [Āryadeva’s] “One Hundred Essential Verses Bestowing Understanding” | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Long Life Sādhana | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Whispered Lineage of Personal Instructions on the Glorious Cakrasaṃvara called “The Wish-Fulfilling Jewel” | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Whispered Lineage called “Vajra Words” | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Yoga of a Great Being | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Essence of All the Nāgas, The Great Cloud Chapter on the Array of Winds | 84000 | no translation | |
| Accomplishing All [Activities] | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Song of Spontaneous Generation | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Song of the View, Being a Treasury of Dohā Songs on the Nature of Things | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Song of Abandoning Conceptuality | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Song that is a Treasury of Dohās on the Karma Mudrā, Caṇḍalīkā | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Doha Song on the View, Meditation, Conduct, and the Fruit | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Song on Suchness, A Treasury of Dohās | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Song that is a Treasury of Dohās on Conduct | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Song of the View, A Treasury of Dohās on Spontaneously Generated Joy | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Song of the View of a Sugata | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Great Cloud (2) | 84000 | translated | |
| A Dohā Song on the Suchness of the Winds | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Song that is a Treasury of Dohās on the Drop of Spring | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Song of the Four Vajras | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Song of the Guru Maitrīpa | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Song of Saraha | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Song of Saraha | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Song of the Vajrin, Virūpa | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Song of Kānhapā | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Vajra Song | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Song | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Tenth Chapter from Amongst the Ten Thousand Chapters of the Sūtra on the Heroic Way | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Song | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Song of Kāṇeripā | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Song of Mātṛceṭa | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Song | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Song | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Song of the Ācārya Vira Vairocana | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Song of the Paṇḍita Nāropa | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Song of Lūipāda | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Song of Ḍombī | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Song of Virūpa | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Minor Chapter on Demons | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Song of Kambalapāda | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Song of Mahāsukhatāvajra | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Song of the Yogī Prasara | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Song of Nāgārjuna | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Dharma Song of Dīpaṃkaraśrījñāna | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Practice of the Sixteen Drops | 84000 | no translation | |
| Personal Instructions on Binding Internal and External Bodhicitta | 84000 | no translation | |
| Personal Instructions on Cultivating the Suchness of the Winds | 84000 | no translation | |
| Personal Instructions on Cultivating the Suchness of the Winds | 84000 | no translation | |
| Vajraḍākinī Perfection Stage | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Dharma Council | 84000 | translated | |
| The Method of Practicing the Four Yogas | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Collection of Verses Distinguishing Wisdom and Method | 84000 | no translation | |
| Personal Instructions on the Non-Establishment of an Own Nature | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Method for Cultivating the Three Beings by Means of the Venerable One Hundred Syllable Mantra | 84000 | no translation | |
| Precious Garland | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Consecration of the Cultivation of Compassion | 84000 | no translation | |
| Distinguishing the Mode of Abiding of the Mahāyāna | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Presentation of Advice on the Mind | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Practice of the Great Seal in Cultivating the Basis, Path, and Fruit | 84000 | no translation | |
| Yogic Deeds From the Perspective of the Channels, Winds, and Drops | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Sūtra of the Ten Wheels of Kṣitigarbha | 84000 | no translation | |
| Personal Instructions on the Two Syllables | 84000 | no translation | |
| Personal Instructions on the Cultivation of the Yoga that Follows the Cultivation of Suchness and Bliss | 84000 | no translation | |
| Personal Instructions on Cutting Off the Downward Flow | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Heat Yoga of the Heretics | 84000 | no translation | |
| Alchemy for Transmuting Into Gold | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Method of Taming the Mind and Consciousness | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Path of the Perfection Stage of All Deities | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Method of Binding the Sun and the Moon | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Stages of Cultivating the Essential Drop of the Mind, the Letter Hūṁ | 84000 | no translation | |
| Cultivating the Inconceivable | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Perfection of Wisdom in Seven Hundred Lines | 84000 | translated | |
| The Sūtra of the Wheel of No Reversions | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Stages of Cultivating the Essential Drop of the Mind, the Letter Hūṁ | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Establishment of the Fundamental Nature [of Bodhicitta] | 84000 | no translation | |
| Advice on Spontanous Generation | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Stage of Unsurpassed Purification | 84000 | no translation | |
| An Classification of Mantras in Terms of Vowels and Consonants | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Path of Meditating on a Garland of Syllables | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Mahāyoga Meditation on the Cakrasamvara with Vowels and Consonants | 84000 | no translation | |
| An Analysis of the Diseases of the Winds and Their Locations | 84000 | no translation | |
| [Personal Instructions on] Binding the Suchness of the Mind | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Arrangement of the Drops in Heat Yoga | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Wheel of Meditative Concentration | 84000 | translated | |
| Personal Instructions on Stabilizing the Channels and Drops of the Body | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Manner in Which One is Attached to the Existence of the Four Elements | 84000 | no translation | |
| Practice Instructions on the View of Self-cognizing Gnosis | 84000 | no translation | |
| A Method for Confounding the Eight Dangers | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Stages of Clearing Away Internal and External Poisons | 84000 | no translation | |
| Oral Instructions on the Three Spiral Diagrams | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Spontaneously Generated Nature | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Method of Cultivating Supreme Yoga | 84000 | no translation | |
| Meditation on the Personal Instructions on the Movement of the Wind of Bodhicitta | 84000 | no translation | |
| Meditation on the Unborn View and Activities | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Wheel of Dedication | 84000 | translated | |
| Personal Instructions on Longevity | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Stages of Meditation to Clear Away the Poisons | 84000 | no translation | |
| The Stages of Meditation on the Root of Non-Duality | 84000 | no translation | |
| Subtle Yoga | 84000 | no translation | |
| Essence Extraction of the Internal and External Elixirs | 84000 | no translation | |
| The View of the Dohā Songs of Practice | 84000 | no translation | |
| The View of Emptiness | 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 |