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Tengyur Master Doxographical Categories

These are the descriptions of the different doxographical categories within the Tengyur used in the master catalog.

Note: The translated headings for each doxographical category are taken from our earliest English translation of the headings. Many of the translations have since been revised in the actual catalog (and inside of the relevant wiki pages). However, the titles here in this outline have not been revised, as changing the names of the wiki pages would erase the content of the pages.

INTRODUCTION TO THE TENGYUR

• 1 COLLECTED HYMNS

• 2 TANTRA
  • 2.1 Texts Related to Each of the Four Tantric Systems
    • 2.1.1 Highest Yoga Tantra
      • 2.1.1.1 Individual Highest Yoga Tantras
        • 2.1.1.1.1 Tantras on the magnificent Hevajra
          • 2.1.1.1.1.1 Commentaries on individual tantras
          • 2.1.1.1.1.2 General commentaries, sādhanas....
            • 2.1.1.1.1.2.1 The Father Tantra section
            • 2.1.1.1.1.2.2 The Mother Tantra section
            • 2.1.1.1.1.2.3 songs
            • 2.1.1.1.1.2.4 the germ of the Great Seal
        • 2.1.1.1.2 The magnificent Wheel of Time
        • 2.1.1.1.3 Treatises on the cycle of Cakrasaṃvara
          • 2.1.1.1.3.1 Commentaries on individual tantras
          • 2.1.1.1.3.2 sādhanas, maṇḍala rites, upadeśas, and so forth
            • 2.1.1.1.3.2.1 Teachings on the Father Cakrasaṃvara
            • 2.1.1.1.3.2.2 texts in which the Mother is central
        • 2.1.1.1.4 the magnificent Four Seats
          • 2.1.1.1.4.1 Commentaries on the tantra
          • 2.1.1.1.4.2 teachings on the Father and Mother, sādhanas, maṇdala rites....
        • 2.1.1.1.5 the Great Illusion
          • 2.1.1.1.5.1 Commentaries on the tantras
          • 2.1.1.1.5.2 teachings such as sādhanas
        • 2.1.1.1.6 the Adamantine Nectar
        • 2.1.1.1.7 Buddha Skullcup (buddhakapāla) Tantra
          • 2.1.1.1.7.1 Explanations of the king of tantras
          • 2.1.1.1.7.2 teachings such as sādhanas, maṇḍala....
        • 2.1.1.1.8 The Equating with Buddha
          • 2.1.1.1.8.1 Commentaries on the tantra
          • 2.1.1.1.8.2 teachings such as sādhanas
        • 2.1.1.1.9 Tārā
          • 2.1.1.1.9.1 Tārā classified as Unsurpassed Esoteric Practice
            • 2.1.1.1.9.1.1 Tārā explained in the manner of Great Esoteric Practice (mahāyoga) tantra
            • 2.1.1.1.9.1.2 Individual sādhanas
            • 2.1.1.1.9.1.3 Urgyen Tārā
            • 2.1.1.1.9.1.4 unspecified
          • 2.1.1.1.9.2 Related to Mother tantras generally
          • 2.1.1.1.9.3 The two texts on the Lotus Net
          • 2.1.1.1.9.4 the Black Protector, concordant with the Mother tantras
          • 2.1.1.1.9.5 The two texts on Acala
        • 2.1.1.1.10 Guyhasamāja
          • 2.1.1.1.10.1 Noble Ones who following after the Protector Nāgārjuna
            • 2.1.1.1.10.1.1 commentaries on tantras
            • 2.1.1.1.10.1.2 sādhanas and so on
              • 2.1.1.1.10.1.2.1 sādhanas, maṇḍala rites, upadeśas, and so on
              • 2.1.1.1.10.1.2.2 commentaries on those cycles of sādhanas
          • 2.1.1.1.10.2 Guyhasamāja tantra following after ācārya Jñānapāda
            • 2.1.1.1.10.2.1 Commentaries
            • 2.1.1.1.10.2.2 The cycle of sādhanas containing general upadeśas and so on
              • 2.1.1.1.10.2.2.1 unspecified
              • 2.1.1.1.10.2.2.2 The Three Samantabhadra (Entirely Good) Sādhanas
              • 2.1.1.1.10.2.2.3 unspecified
              • 2.1.1.1.10.2.2.4 commentaries that follow after those
              • 2.1.1.1.10.2.2.5 sādhanas, maṇḍala rites, and so on, that follow after those
          • 2.1.1.1.10.3 Guyhasamāja of the Laughing tradition of ācārya Vajrahasya....
            • 2.1.1.1.10.3.1 The five-fold cycle of teachings of the Vajrahasya tradition
            • 2.1.1.1.10.3.2 The three-fold cycle of teachings of *Bhadrapāda and Smṛtijñānakīrti
            • 2.1.1.1.10.3.3 The one-fold cycle of teachings of the ācārya Ānandagarbha
        • 2.1.1.1.11 Yamāri
          • 2.1.1.1.11.1 Kṛṣṇayamāri
            • 2.1.1.1.11.1.1 commentaries
            • 2.1.1.1.11.1.2 sādhanas
          • 2.1.1.1.11.2 Vajrabhairava
            • 2.1.1.1.11.2.1 commentaries
            • 2.1.1.1.11.2.2 Sādhanas and so on
          • 2.1.1.1.11.3 Six-faced
          • 2.1.1.1.11.4 Raktayamāri
          • 2.1.1.1.11.5 teachings on Āyus
        • 2.1.1.1.12 The section in which the Mañjuśrīnāmasaṁgīti is classified as pertaining to the Unsurpassed Esoteric Practice
          • 2.1.1.1.12.1 Tantra commentaries that explain the intention
          • 2.1.1.1.12.2 Sādhanas and so on
        • 2.1.1.1.13 Mahāsukha Ekajaṭi
        • 2.1.1.1.14 Vajrapāṇi explained as pertaining to Great Esoteric Practice
          • 2.1.1.1.14.1 the Great Wheel
          • 2.1.1.1.14.2 the Five Fierce Deities
          • 2.1.1.1.14.3 the lower Fierce Garuda
          • 2.1.1.1.14.4 Vajrapāṇi known as Be con ma
      • 2.1.1.2 commentaries on the general intention of the Highest Esoteric Practice
        • 2.1.1.2.1 The eight sādhana divisions
        • 2.1.1.2.2 The Six-fold Essential Cycle
        • 2.1.1.2.3 The cycle on non-mentation
        • 2.1.1.2.4 commentaries on those
        • 2.1.1.2.5 sādhana teachings
        • 2.1.1.2.6 texts that teach the Great Seal, dohas and so on, concordant with those
    • 2.1.2 Esoteric Practice (yoga) tantras
      • 2.1.2.1 Teachings on Gathering into Suchness, Sri Paramadya, and Magical Net
        • 2.1.2.1.1 the Tattvasaṁgraha root tantra
          • 2.1.2.1.1.1 Following after ācārya Buddhaguhy
          • 2.1.2.1.1.2 The section including those that follow after the position of ācārya Śākyamitra
          • 2.1.2.1.1.3 The section including those that follow after ācārya Ānandagarbha
        • 2.1.2.1.2 sādhanas, maṇḍala rites, upadeśas, and so on
      • 2.1.2.2 The section in which the Mañjuśrīnāmasaṁgīti....is explained in the manner of Esoteric Practice (yoga) tantra
        • 2.1.2.2.1 commentaries on the Mañjuśrīnāmasaṁgīti
        • 2.1.2.2.2 sādhanas, maṇḍala rites and upadeśas that follow after those
          • 2.1.2.2.2.1 unspecified
          • 2.1.2.2.2.2 those that follow after the middle-length commentary
          • 2.1.2.2.2.3 long commentaries on the Mañjuśrīnāmasaṁgīti
          • 2.1.2.2.2.4 short commentaries on the Mañjuśrīnāmasaṁgīti
          • 2.1.2.2.2.5 middle-length commentaries on the Mañjuśrīnāmasaṁgīti
          • 2.1.2.2.2.6 commentaries on the Mañjuśrīnāmasaṁgīti following after Avadhūtīpa
      • 2.1.2.3 the Sarvarahasya (All-secret) and Durgatiśodhana (Purifying the Bad Realms) tantras
        • 2.1.2.3.1 the Sarvarahasya tantra
        • 2.1.2.3.2 the Sarvadurgatipariśodhana tantra
    • 2.1.3 Performance tantras
      • 2.1.3.1 commentaries on the Vairocanābhisambodhi
      • 2.1.3.2 teachings on the Mañjuśrīguhya (Secret Mañjuśrī) tantra
      • 2.1.3.3 Commentary on the Krodhavijayakalpa
    • 2.1.4 Action tantra
      • 2.1.4.1 Tantras for generalized ritual action
      • 2.1.4.2 Commentaries on the intentions behind distinct ritual actions
        • 2.1.4.2.1 The section on Mañjuśrī, of the Body family
        • 2.1.4.2.2 Commentary on Mahākaruṇā
        • 2.1.4.2.3 The section on Vajrapāṇi, of the Mind family
        • 2.1.4.2.4 dhāraṇīs on Vajravidāraṇā
        • 2.1.4.2.5 dhāraṇīs on the crown protuberance
      • 2.1.4.3 sādhanas, maṇḍala rites, and so on
        • 2.1.4.3.1 Those renowned as the five orders of the three deities of Action tantra
          • 2.1.4.3.1.1 The three that are like principals of the families
            • 2.1.4.3.1.1.1 Vairocana, principal of the Body family
            • 2.1.4.3.1.1.2 Amitāyus, principal of the Speech family
            • 2.1.4.3.1.1.3 no mention of thugs
          • 2.1.4.3.1.2 The three lords of the families
            • 2.1.4.3.1.2.1 The section on Mañjuśrī, lord of the Body family
            • 2.1.4.3.1.2.2 The section on Mahākaruṇā, lord of the Speech family
            • 2.1.4.3.1.2.3 The section on Vajrapāṇi of the Mind family
          • 2.1.4.3.1.3 The Three Mothers of the Families
          • 2.1.4.3.1.4 The three wrathful ones of the families
            • 2.1.4.3.1.4.1 Yamāri, wrathful one of the Body family
            • 2.1.4.3.1.4.2 Hayagrīva (Horse Neck), of the Speech family
            • 2.1.4.3.1.4.3 Amṛṭakuṇḍalī, wrathful one of the Mind family
          • 2.1.4.3.1.5 Acala, which is concordant with that
        • 2.1.4.3.2 Sādhanas common to the three families
      • 2.1.4.4 a collection of various dhāranīs on the crown protuberance and so on
      • 2.1.4.5 the five protectors
  • 2.2 Texts Related to All of the Four Tantric Systems
    • 2.2.1 untitled section, three treatises
    • 2.2.2 the Hundred Sādhanas Translated by Patsap Tsultrim Gyeltsen
    • 2.2.3 unspecified
    • 2.2.4 the Hundred-something Sādhanas of Bariwa
    • 2.2.5 The Ocean of Sādhanas translated by the translator Drakpa Gyeltsen
    • 2.2.6 unspecified
    • 2.2.7 Associated with general maṇḍala ritual activities
  • 2.3 Distinctions in the three ways, the four tantric systems....
    • 2.3.1 unspecified
    • 2.3.2 presentation of commitments (samaya) and vows (samvara)
    • 2.3.3 protectors of the teachings, gods of wealth, and so forth
  • 2.4 Teachings on the beginner’s stage of practice....
    • 2.4.1 the way to visit holy places
    • 2.4.2 how to supplicate the guru
    • 2.4.3 daily religious practices such as maṇḍala rites, tsatsas....
    • 2.4.4 various torma rituals
    • 2.4.5 creating auspiciousness and well-being

• 3 The definitional vehicles
  • 3.1 The great vehicle
    • 3.1.1 PERFECTION OF WISDOM COMMENTARIES
      • 3.1.1.1 Four Great Chariots
        • 3.1.1.1.1 The first tradition of the Great Chariot…the Abhisamayālaṁkāra
        • 3.1.1.1.2 The second tradition of the Great Chariot…the Collections of Reasoning
        • 3.1.1.1.3 The third tradition of the Great Chariot…commentary on the…Prajñāpāramitā
        • 3.1.1.1.4 The fourth tradition of the Great Chariot....Prajñāpāramitā Saṁgraha
      • 3.1.1.2 unspecified perfection of wisdom commentaries
    • 3.1.2 CENTRAL WAY PHILOSOPHY
      • 3.1.2.1 views
      • 3.1.2.2 Treatises teaching the stages of mediation
      • 3.1.2.3 The section focused on teaching the instructions and conduct of bodhisattvas
    • 3.1.3 THIRD WHEEL
      • 3.1.3.1 Individual Teachings (SŪTRA COMMENTARIES)
      • 3.1.3.2 General Third Wheel (MIND ONLY PHILOSOPHY)
        • 3.1.3.2.1 Treatises establishing the views of Yogic Practice Mind Only
        • 3.1.3.2.2 Treatises establishing the meditation practices of Yogic Practice Mind Only
        • 3.1.3.2.3 The section teaching conduct and instructions
  • 3.2 The lesser vehicle
    • 3.2.1 ABHIDHARMA COMMENTARIES
      • 3.2.1.1 The imputed treatises (#composedbytheclosediscipleofwhoisnobleMaudgalyayana
      • 3.2.1.2 the Abhidharmakośa
    • 3.2.2 Commentaries on the…Scriptures that primarily teach…mind trainings
    • 3.2.3 VINAYA COMMENTARIES
      • 3.2.3.1 Commentaries on the intention of individual Teachings
        • 3.2.3.1.1 Commentaries on the intention behind the root scripture
        • 3.2.3.1.2 Commentaries on the intention behind the explanatory scripture
      • 3.2.3.2 Commentaries on the general intention of the scriptures on Monastic Conduct
  • 3.3 Treatises Related to All Three Turnings of the Wheel
    • 3.3.1 REBIRTH TALES
    • 3.3.2 EPISTLES
  • 3.4 LOGIC AND EPISTEMOLOGY
  • 3.5 LANGUAGE ARTS
  • 3.6 MEDICAL ARTS
  • 3.7 FINE ARTS
    • 3.7.1 The basics, treatises on alchemy
    • 3.7.2 The sciences that follow after those, including apparitionology, astrology, divinations, and so on
  • 3.8 SECULAR TREATISES

• 4 MISCELLANEOUS
  • 4.1 Texts composed by Tibetan scholars
    • 4.1.1 Rare texts composed by Tibetans
    • 4.1.2 List of titles of works for which the author’s name is not given
  • 4.2 various treatises on newly-entered sūtras, sciences, and so on

• 5 TREATISES ON DEDICATIONS, ASPIRATIONAL PRAYERS....

• 6 MISCELLANEOUS UNCATALOGED WORKS

• 7 TABLE OF CONTENTS