Journal
དུས་དེབ།
Essays and introductions on the history, structure, and meaning of the canon.
How the Kangyur came to be: the first catalogues of Tibetan translation
From the imperial catalogues of the ninth century to the great editions of Narthang and Derge.
Editorial team · 12 min read
- Structure
Reading the Heap of Jewels: an introduction to the Ratnakūṭa collection
Forty-nine discourses gathered as one — what holds this collection together?
Translation team · 9 min read
- Translation
Between Sanskrit, Tibetan, and English: choices in rendering key terms
Why one word may need three translations, and how the glossary keeps them consistent.
Editorial team · 15 min read
- Practice
The sūtras as living texts: recitation across the Himalaya
How the canon has been read aloud, carried, and honored in communities for centuries.
Guest essay · 8 min read
- Structure
Treatises and commentaries: a map of the Tengyur
Praises, tantra commentaries, Middle Way, Abhidharma, epistemology, and the sciences.
Editorial team · 11 min read
- History
The great translators: Yeshé Dé and the Tibetan imperial project
The lives and methods of the lotsāwas who first carried the words across the mountains.
Translation team · 14 min read