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The Tengyur or Tanjur or Bstan-’gyur (Tibetan: "Translation of Teachings") is the Tibetan collection of commentaries to the Buddhist teachings, or "Translated Treatises".
AIBS' Tengyur translation initiative
Resources for Kanjur & Tanjur Studies
~ Universität Wien
ACIP's Derge Tengyur etext
TBRC's Tengyur scansTranslation of texts
{{Buddhism topics Tibetan Buddhist treatises Tripiṭaka
The Buddhist Canon
To the Tengyur were assigned commentaries to bothSutra
''Sutra'' ( sa, सूत्र, translit=sūtra, translit-std=IAST, translation=string, thread)Monier Williams, ''Sanskrit English Dictionary'', Oxford University Press, Entry fo''sutra'' page 1241 in Indian literary traditions refers to an ap ...
s and Tantra
Tantra (; sa, तन्त्र, lit=loom, weave, warp) are the esoteric traditions of Hinduism and Buddhism that developed on the Indian subcontinent from the middle of the 1st millennium CE onwards. The term ''tantra'', in the India ...
s, treatises and abhidharma
The Abhidharma are ancient (third century BCE and later) Buddhist texts which contain detailed scholastic presentations of doctrinal material appearing in the Buddhist ''sutras''. It also refers to the scholastic method itself as well as the f ...
works (both Mahayana
''Mahāyāna'' (; "Great Vehicle") is a term for a broad group of Buddhist traditions, texts, philosophies, and practices. Mahāyāna Buddhism developed in India (c. 1st century BCE onwards) and is considered one of the three main existing br ...
and non-Mahayana).
Together with the 108-volume Kangyur
The Tibetan Buddhist canon is a loosely defined collection of sacred texts recognized by various schools of Tibetan Buddhism, comprising the Kangyur or Kanjur ('Translation of the Word') and the Tengyur or Tanjur ( Tengyur) ('Translation of Trea ...
(the Collection of the Words of the Buddha), these form the basis of the Tibetan Buddhist canon
The Tibetan Buddhist canon is a loosely defined list of sacred texts recognized by various sects of Tibetan Buddhism. In addition to sutrayana texts from Early Buddhist schools (mostly Sarvastivada) and Mahayana sources, the Tibetan canon incl ...
. "The Kangyur usually takes up a hundred or a hundred and eight volumes, the Tengyur two hundred and twenty-five, and the two together contain 4,569 works."
As example, the content of the Beijing Tengyur:
* Stotra
''Stotra'' (Sanskrit: स्तोत्र) is a Sanskrit word that means "ode, eulogy or a hymn of praise."Monier Williams, Monier Williams' Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Oxford University Press, Article on 'Stotra'' It is a literary genre of In ...
s ("Hymns of Praise"): 1 Volume; 64 texts.
* Commentaries on the Tantras: 86 Volumes; 3055 texts.
* Commentaries on Sutras; 137 Volumes; 567 texts.
# Prajnaparamita Commentaries, 16 Volumes.
# Madhyamika Treatises, 29 Volumes.
# Yogacara Treatises, 29 Volumes.
# Abhidharma, 8 Volumes.
# Miscellaneous Texts, 4 Volumes.
# Vinaya Commentaries, 16 Volumes.
# Tales and Dramas, 4 Volumes.
# Technical Treatises, 43 Volumes.
The Bön Tengyur
The TibetanBön
''Bon'', also spelled Bön () and also known as Yungdrung Bon (, "eternal Bon"), is a Tibetan religious tradition with many similarities to Tibetan Buddhism and also many unique features.Samuel 2012, pp. 220-221. Bon initially developed in t ...
religion, under the influence of Buddhism, also has its canon literature divided into two sections called the Kangyur and Tengyur but the number and contents of the collection are not yet fully known. Apparently, Bön began to take more on a literary form about the time Buddhism began to enter Tibet,Stein, R. A. (1962) pp. 241, 251. although it could have had some written register some time before that.
See also
*Buddhism
Buddhism ( , ), also known as Buddha Dharma and Dharmavinaya (), is an Indian religion or philosophical tradition based on teachings attributed to the Buddha. It originated in northern India as a -movement in the 5th century BCE, and ...
* Kangyur
The Tibetan Buddhist canon is a loosely defined collection of sacred texts recognized by various schools of Tibetan Buddhism, comprising the Kangyur or Kanjur ('Translation of the Word') and the Tengyur or Tanjur ( Tengyur) ('Translation of Trea ...
Footnotes
References
* Schlagintweit, Emil (2006) ''Buddhism in Tibet: Illustrated by Literary Documents and Objects Of Religious Worship With An Account Of The Buddhist Systems Preceding It In India'' * Stein, R. A. (1962) ''Tibetan Civilization''. First English edition - translated by J. E. Stapleton Driver (1972). Reprint (1972): Stanford University Press, Stanford, California (cloth); * Tucci, Giuseppe. ''The Religions of Tibet''. (1970). First English edition, translated by Geoffrey Samuel (1980). Reprint: (1988), University of California Press (cloth); (pbk)External links
AIBS' Tengyur translation initiative
Resources for Kanjur & Tanjur Studies
~ Universität Wien
ACIP's Derge Tengyur etext
TBRC's Tengyur scans
{{Buddhism topics Tibetan Buddhist treatises Tripiṭaka