Scriptures
Scriptures Links
- Shantideva's Bodhicaryavatara in Tibetan The complete Tibetan text of Shantideva's Bodhicaryavatara, or "Guide to the Bodhisattva's way of life" in .pdf format. [Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader.]
- The Thirty-Seven Bodhisattva Practices The text in Tibetan and English. Tibetan only version in .pdf format; Tibetan and English version in a series of .gif files. [Adobe Acrobat required for .pdf file.]
- Heart-Essence of the Great Masters By His Holiness Dudjom Rinpoche.
- Patrul Rinpoche: Advice from Me to Myself A prayer written by Dzogchen master Patrul Rinpoche. Translation by Constance Wilkinson. Available in English and Portuguese.
- Heart Sutra The Heart of Wisdom (Mahaprajnaparamita Hridaya)in Tibetan script, Tibetan transliteration, Tibetan-English literal translation, and English gloss, with recordings in WAV and RealAudio formats (pronunciation is Ladakhi/Western Tibetan.) Recorded at Ridzong Gompa, Ladakh, July 1982.
- Tibetan Book of the Dead - Bardo Thotrol - Bardo Thodol The Evans-Wentz / Kazi Dawa-Samdup translation in two parts, followed by a modern reworking of the text.
- Heart Sutra In Sanskrit with translation into English by Edward Conze. Links to "Verses On The Perfection Of Wisdom", "The Diamond Sutra" (In Sanskrit and English,) and "The Perfection Of Wisdom In One Letter."
- The Kingdom of Samantabhadra "A Prayer To Recognize My Own Faults and Keep in Mind the Objects of Refuge" by H.H. Dudjom Rinpoche, translated from the Tibetan by Bhakha Tulku and Constance Wilkinson.
- The Manifestation of Compassionate Activity From a public talk given by His Holiness the Sixteenth Gyalwa Karmapa in 1980.
- The Heart Sutra The sutra in Tibetan script (.pdf, .gif, and MS Word format), Tibetan transliteration, Sanskrit, English, Korean, and Spanish. Links to other sites.
- Samantabhadra's Aspiration to Noble Deeds Translation into English by Venerable Lama Kalsang Gyaltsen, Ane Kunga Chodron, and John Golden.
- Lankavatara Sutra Excerpts from the Lankavatara Sutra.
- The Seven Points of Mind Training (Tonglen) Atisha's verses on exchanging self for others, with commentaries by Osho (Rajneesh), Chogyam Trungpa, Pema Chodron, Jamgon Kontrul, and Alan Wallace.
- Self-Liberation through Seeing with Naked Awareness A text from "The Profound Teaching of Self-Liberation in the Primordial State of the Peaceful and Wrathful Deities" - the terma cycle discovered by Rigdzin Karma Lingpa. Translated by John Reynolds.
- The Tibetan Book of the Dead: Transitions to the Otherworld A list of Tibetan volumes of the Bardo Throdrol and related Bon texts. Summary and explanation of contents.
- The Heart of the Prajna Paramita Sutra Translation into English.
- Great Treasures of Ancient Teachings, a Presentation A detailed description of a project to collect and preserve Nyingma scriptures. Many sample pages and illustrations.
- What A Bodhisattva Does Thirty-seven Practices by Ngulchu Thogme, translated from the Tibetan by Constance Wilkinson and Kiki Ekselius.
- Selections from Tibetan Buddhist Texts Brief extracts on Dzogchen, Mahamudra, the Bardo state, the Sakya traditions, and other topics. By Milarepa, Niguma, Tsong Khapa, et al.
- Mahayanavimsaka of Nagarjuna Text and brief bibliography of works by Nagarjuna available in English.
- The Impermanence of Dharma A translation of excerpts from an article by Mr. Chen, Zhe-zhun.
- Asian Classics Input Project Description of ACIP's mission to preserve and make Eastern scriptural texts available in computerized form. A selection of texts from the Kangyur, Tengyur, and Sungbum, in Romanized Tibetan and Tibetan script are available to read or download. The site includes graphics of woodblock prints, reference materials, Tibetan Font software, catalogs, and a version of the Blue Annals in English.
- Tibetan Book of the Dead A brief summary of the Bardo Thodol, or Tibetan Book of the Dead, with a short commentary.
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