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The first translation into Tibetan of these manuscripts occurred in the 8th century and is referred to as the Ancient Translation School of the Nyingmas. The Tibetan Canon underwent another compilation in the 14th century by Buton Rinchen Drub (1290–1364). Again, the Tibetans divided the Buddhist texts into two broad categories:
The Tibetan Buddhist canon is a defined collection of sacred texts recognized by various schools of Tibetan Buddhism, comprising the Kangyur and the Tengyur.The Kangyur or Kanjur is Buddha's recorded teachings (or the 'Translation of the Word'), and the Tengyur or Tanjur is the commentaries by great masters on Buddha's teachings (or the 'Translation of Treatises').
English: Research article on ‘Buddhist Motifs in Tibetan Thangkas’ by Ranga Sai published in Research Dimensions (ISSN0976-8564), Vol 2, Issue IV April 2012 Date 1 April 2012
According to Tibetan Buddhist legends of the local Monpa tribe, Chumi Gyatse Falls, also known as the '108 waterfalls' got created after a mythical showdown between Guru Padmasambhava and a high priest of the Bonpa sect that ruled supreme in Tibet and surrounding areas including Arunachal Pradesh in the pre-Buddhist times.
The Tibetan translation of the commentary Vimalaprabhā is usually studied from the 1733 Derge Kangyur edition of the Tibetan canon, vol. 40, text no. 1347. This was published by Dharma Publishing, Berkeley, US, in 1981.
According to the Chan Buddhist monk Venerable Hsuan Hua, the dhāraṇī contains five major divisions, which "control the vast demon armies of the five directions": [4] In the East is the Vajra Division, hosted by Akṣobhya; In the South, the Jewel-creating Division, hosted by Ratnasaṃbhava; In the center, the Buddha Division, hosted by ...
The Seven Treasuries (Tibetan: མཛོད་བདུན་, Wylie: mdzod bdun, THL: Dzö Dün), are a collection of seven works, some with auto-commentaries, by the Tibetan Buddhist teacher Longchenpa (1308–1364).
In Buddhism, an āgama (आगम Sanskrit and Pāli, Tibetan ལུང་ (Wylie: lung) for "sacred work" [1] or "scripture" [2]) is a collection of early Buddhist texts.. The five āgama together comprise the Suttapiṭaka of the early Buddhist schools, which had different recensions of each āgama.