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Translating the Tibetan Buddhist canon and making it freely accessible FOR ALL.

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The Kangyur
Toh 23
Dec 16, 2025
Perfection of Wisdom

The Perfection of Wisdom in One Syllable

In The Perfection of Wisdom in One Syllable, the shortest of all the works of the Prajñāpāramitā literary corpus, the Buddha Śākyamuni conveys to Ānanda and a large group of monks and bodhisattvas the entirety of the perfection of wisdom encapsulated in the single syllable a.
The Kangyur
Toh 204
Dec 16, 2025
Discourses

The Sūtra on Offering Lamps

The Sūtra on Offering Lamps recounts a teaching the Buddha gave to Śāriputra in Śrāvastī on the merits of offering lamps. The Buddha explains that even a humble lamp offered with the aspiration for buddhahood brings vast karmic rewards, including rebirth in the Heaven of the Thirty-Three and later as a fortunate human being.
The Kangyur
Toh 188
Jul 28, 2025
General Sūtra Section

The Prophecy of Dīpaṅkara

In The Prophecy of Dīpaṅkara, the Buddha narrates the famous story of how, in a former life as a brahmin ascetic many eons ago, he first received the prophecy of his future awakening. This story of the young brahmin ascetic Megha’s encounter with the former Buddha Dīpaṅkara is here told to illustrate for Ānanda the importance of not being complacent about one’s roots of virtue.

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18th-century Burmese sculpture of Ānanda. Wikimedia Commons as part of a project by the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Guidelines

Text Critical Guidelines for  Translators

An overview of some of the complex historical and textual issues underlying the study and translation of works in the Kangyur and Tengyur. This document provides guidance on conducting research and formulating a working methodology for a translation project.