Tengyur

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The Tengyur (Wylie: Bstan-'gyur) is the Tibetan collection of commentaries to the Buddhist teachings, or "Translated Treatises". The Beijing version covers 3626 texts in 224 volumes, but numbers vary depending on the version. To the Tengyur were assigned commentaries to both Sutras and Tantras, treatises and abhidharma works (both Mahayana and non-Mahayana).

Together with the 108-volume Kangyur (the Collection of the Words of the Buddha), these form the basis of the Tibetan Buddhist canon.

As example, the content of the Beijing Tengyur:^[1]

• Sutras ("Hymns of Praise"): 1 Volume; 64 texts.
• Commentaries on the Tantras: 86 Volumes; 3055 texts.
• Commentaries on Sutras; 137 Volumes; 567 texts.

1. Prajnaparamita Commentaries, 16 Volumes.
2. Madhyamika Treatises, 29 Volumes.
3. Yogacara Treatises, 29 Volumes.
4. Abhidharma, 8 Volumes.
5. Miscellaneous Texts, 4 Volumes.
6. Vinaya Commentaries, 16 Volumes.
7. Tales and Dramas, 4 Volumes.
8. Technical Treatises, 43 Volumes.

[edit] References

1. ^ The Tibetan Canon by Buddhanet.org

[edit] External links

• The Tibetan Buddhist Resource Center
• The Tengyur Collection