Tengyur

Tengyur
Young monks printing scriptures in Sera Monastery, Tibet
Tibetan name
Tibetan བསྟན་འགྱུར
Transcriptions
Wyliebstan 'gyur

The Tengyur or Tanjur or Bstan-’gyur (Tibetan: "Translation of Teachings") is the collected commentaries by great buddhist masters on Buddha Shakyamuni's teachings. The Tengyur is included in the Tibetan Buddhist Canon, which consists of all of Buddha Shakyamuni's teachings together with the commentaries on the Buddha's teachings. The Canon also includes the Kangyur, which is repository of the Buddha's recorded teachings, placed before the Tengyur in the Canon.

Printing the scriptures, Sera Monastery

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