https://buddhistresources.com/sacred-texts/tibetan-canon/Recent content in Tibetan Canon & Kangyur on Buddhist ResourcesHugoen-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 13:17:45 +0200https://buddhistresources.com/sacred-texts/tibetan-canon/kangyur-tengyur/Wed, 10 Jun 2026 13:17:45 +0200https://buddhistresources.com/sacred-texts/tibetan-canon/kangyur-tengyur/<p>The <a href="https://buddhistresources.com/sacred-texts/tibetan-canon/">Tibetan Buddhist Canon</a> is the largest collection of Buddhist texts in any single language. It is divided into two complementary parts: the <em>Kangyur</em> and the <em>Tengyur</em>. Understanding the distinction is essential for understanding Tibetan Buddhism and its literary inheritance. This article gives a closer look at the structure and contents of the two collections.</p>https://buddhistresources.com/sacred-texts/tibetan-canon/tibetan-book-of-dead/Wed, 10 Jun 2026 13:17:45 +0200https://buddhistresources.com/sacred-texts/tibetan-canon/tibetan-book-of-dead/<p>The <em>Bardo Thodol</em> (བར་དོ་ཐོས་གྲོལ་, &ldquo;Liberation Through Hearing in the Bardo&rdquo;) is by far the best-known text of Tibetan Buddhism in the West. Translated by W.Y. Evans-Wentz in 1927 as <em>The Tibetan Book of the Dead</em>, it has shaped the Western imagination of Tibetan Buddhism ever since. This article explores what the text is, what it teaches, how to approach it, and the common misreadings.</p>