I. KANJUR (The Word of the Buddha)

THE VINAYA

The Pali Canon

VINAYA PITAKA

XII.Vinaya Section
(Volumes 22-24)

VINAYA (Volumes 1-13)

A. Suttavibhanga: Patimokkha-Monastic code or rules for the Sangha
 1. 227 rules for monks
 2. 311 rules for nun

A. Disciplinary texts of a variety of Hinayana Schools: Bhikkhuni Patimokkha--Theravada, Mahasanghika, Mahisasaka, Sarvastivada, Dharmagupta, and Mula-Sarvastivada

B.  Khandhaka: Matters concerning the organization of the Sangha
1. Mahavagga: Regulations for ordination, retreats, clothing, food, etc.
2. Cullavagga: Procedural matters and the history of the first two councils.

B. Bodhisattva discipline:  Brahmajala Sutra

C. The Parivara: (Appendix summarizing the rules)

THE HINAYANA SUTRAS

SUTTA PITAKA

A. Digha Nikaya: 34 long discourses
   2-Samaññaphala Sutta
  11-Kevatta (Kevaddha) Sutta
  12-Lohicca Sutta
  15-Maha Nidana Sutta
  16-Maha-Parinibbana Sutta
  21-Sakka-pañha Sutta
  22-Maha-Satipatthana Sutta
  26-Cakkavatti Sutta
  27-Agganna Sutta
  31-Sigalovada

I. Agama Section (Volumes 1-2): 151 texts that correspond to the Pali Canon, but were translated from the Sanskrit of the Sarvastivada tradition.  Agama means “those handed down by tradition.”

Approximately 67 hinayana texts:

B. Majjhima Nikaya: 154 medium length discourses:
   2-Sabbasava Sutta
   4-Bhaya-bherava Sutta
   7-Vatthupama Sutta
   8-Sallekha Sutta
  22-Alagagaddujupama Sutta
  45-Culadhammasamadana Sutta
  55-Jivaka Sutta
  63-Cula Malunkya Sutta
  72-Aggi Vacchagotta Sutta
  74-Dighanakha Sutta
  86-Angulimala Sutta
  87-Piyajatika Sutta
102-Devadaha Sutta
104-Samagama Sutta
108-Moggallana Sutta
117-Maha-Cattarisaka Sutta
118- Anapanasati Sutta
143-Anathapindikovada Sutta
145-Punnovada Sutta

C. Samyutta Nikaya: 56 groups of discourses arranged by subject matter:
I.4-Kasi Bharadvaja Sutta
I.8-Metta Sutta
I.42-Kindada Sutta
I.71-Ghatva Sutta
III.13-Donapaka Sutta
VI.1-Ayacana Sutta
XII.48-Lokayatika Sutta
XV.14-19-Mata Sutta
XVI.13-Sadhammapatirupaka Sutta
XX.7-Ani Sutta
XXII.81-Parileyyaka Sutta
XXII.122-Silavant Sutta
XXXV.28-Adittapariyaya Sutta
XXXV.145-Kamma Sutta
XLII.2-Talaputa Sutta
LVI.11-Dhammacakkapavattana Sutta
LVI.48-Chiggala Sutta

D. Anguttara Nikaya: Discourses grouped by incremental lists of subjects:
III.65-Kalama Sutta
IV.77-Acintita Sutta
V.27-Samadhi Sutta

E. Khuddaka Nikaya:  A collection of fifteen minor texts

1. Khuddakapatha:  Short suttas

2. Dhammapada: Popular collection of 423 verses on ethics.Dhammapada

Includes Chinese Dhammapada

Includes Tibetan Dhammapada

3. Udana: 80 solemn utterances of the Buddha

4. Itivuttaka: 112 Short suttas

5. Sutta-nipata: 70 suttas in verse

6. Vimanavatthu:  Accounts of the heavenly rebirths of the virtuous

7. Petavatthu: 51 poems about rebirth as a hungry ghost

8. Theragatha: Verses by 264 male Elders

9. Therigatha: Verses by around 100 female elders.

10. Jataka:  547 stories about the Buddha’s previous lives

II. Story Section (Volumes 3-4): 68 Jataka texts:  Combination of Mahayana and pre-mahayana stories on accounts of the buddha’s past lives. “Past-Condition” Sutras: The Parable Sutra

11. Niddesa: Commentary on portions of the Sutta-nipata

12. Patisambhidamagga:  Abhidharma-style analysis of points of doctrine

13. Apadana: Verse stories about the present and former lives of monks and nuns

14. Buddhavamsa: An account of the 24 previous Buddhas

15. Cariyapitaka: Jataka stories about the virtues of bodhisattvas

THE MAHAYANA SUTRAS

III. Prajna-paramita Section (Volumes 5-8): 42 texts, Perfection of Wisdom Sutras, Heart Sutra,  Vajracchedika-prajnaparamita Sutra 

Prajna-paramita (Volumes 14-34): Perfection of Wisdom Sutras, Heart Sutra,  Vajracchedika-prajnaparamita Sutra

IV. Saddharmapundarika Section (Volume 9): 16 texts relating to the Lotus Sutra

V. Avatamsaka Section (Volumes 9-10): 31 texts relating to the Avatamsaka (Flower Ornament) Sutra

Avatamsaka (Volumes 41-46)

VI. Ratnakuta Section (Volumes 11-12): 64 early Mahayana texts: Amitayurdhyana Sutra, Sukhavati-vyuha Sutras (Pure Land)

Ratnakuta (Volumes 35-40)

VII. Mahaparinirvana Section (Volume 12): 23 texts concerning the Mahaparinirvana Sutra

Parinirvana (Volumes 78-79)

VIII. Great Assembly or Collection Section (Volume 13): 28 texts containing early sutras, beginning with the Great Assembly Sutra. Tend to focus on esoteric materials. Translations not found.

IX. Sutra-Collection Section (Volumes 14-17): 423 texts primarily of miscellaneous mahayana sutras:  Bhaishajyaguru Sutra,
Ksitagarbha Bodhisattva Sutra,
Lankavatara Sutra,
Platform Sutra of Master Hui Neng,
Samdhinirmocana Sutra,
Srimalaidevi-simhanada Sutra,
Shurangama Sutra,
Suvarnabhasottama Sutra,
Vimalakirti Nirdesa Sutra (Luk),
Sutra in Forty-Two Sections,
Bathing the Buddha Sutra

Other Mahayana Sutras: Over 200 texts including the Vimalakirti Nirdesa Sutra

X. Tantra Section (Volumes 18-21): 572 texts on vajrayana and tantric materials: includes the Vairocana Sutra and the Diamond Crown Sutra of the Yoga division.  It does not include the highest or Supreme Yoga division texts, but does include many texts that are not in the Tibetan Canon.

Tantra (Volumes 80-100), 300 texts including the Supreme Yoga or highest tantra texts.

THE ABHIDHARMA

The Chinese Canon

The Tibetan Canon

ABHIDHAMMA PITAKA (Scholastic treatises)

A. Dhammasangani: Psychological analysis of ethics

B. Vibhanga: Analysis of various doctrinal categories

C. Dhatukatha: Classification of points of doctrine

D. Puggalapannatti: Classification of human types

E. Kathavatthu: Doctrinal disputes among the sects

F. Yamaka:  Pairs of questions about basic categories of teachings

G. Patthana: causation analyzed into 24 groups

THE COMMENTARIES

II. THE TENJUR

Stotras (Hymns of praise): 1 volume, 64 texts.

XII. Commentaries on Sutras (Sastras) by Indian authors on the Agamas and Mahayana Sutras (Volumes 24-26): 31 texts—Asanga’s Yog-cara-bhumi Shastra, Asvaghosa’s Mahayana-Sraddhotpada Shastra, Sthiramati’s Mahayana Dharma-realm without Distinction,  Vasubandhu’s Mahayana `satadharmaa-prakaa`samukha shastra and Trimsika

Commentaries on various sutras: 137 volumes, 567 texts:

Asvaghosa’s Gurupancasika,

Atisha’s Lamp for the Path to Enlightenment,  Chandragomin’s Bodhisattvasamvaravimsaka, Shantideva’s Bodhicaryavatara,

Prajna-paramita commentaries: 16 volumes: Asanga’s Abhisamaya Alamkara

XIV.  Madhyamaka Section (Volume 30): 15 texts on Madhyamaka thought. The Madhyamaka texts of the Chinese Canon are considerably different from the Tibetan renditions of the same system of thought. The Chinese collection consists mostly of earlier works. The Chinese Canon does not contain as many works or as many schools of this system as the Tibetan Canon.

Madhyamaka Treatises: 17 volumes: includes Nagarjuna’s Mulamadhyamakakarika Treatise, Chandrakirti’s Madhyamakavatara

XV. Yogacara Section (Volumes 30-31): 49 texts—contains a very complete collection of this system of thought.

Yogacara Treatises: 29 volumes: Lord Maitreya's Uttaratantra Shastra and Abhisamaya Alamkara as transmitted to Dharma King Asanga

XVI. Collection of Treatises (Volume32): 65 Texts on miscellaneous works on logic and other matters. The Hetuvidya which is closely connected with Vijnanavada (Yogacara school), is not fully translated in the Chinese Canon and cannot compare favorably with the works of Dignaga and Dharmakirti collected in the Tibetan Canon.

Miscellaneous texts: 4 volumes: Tsongkhapa’s Lam Rim Chen Mo, Mountain of Blessings, and The Principal Teachings of Buddhism.

Technical Treatises: 43 volumes (includes logic, grammar, lexicography and poetics, medicine, chemistry, etc.): Dharmakirti’s Pramana Varttika, Dignaga’s, Commentary on Compendium on Valid Perception

XVII. Commentaries on Sutras by Chinese authors (Volumes 33-39)

XVIII. Commentaries on the Vinaya by Chinese authors (Volume 40)

Vinaya commentaries: 16 volumes: Gunaprabha’s Vinaya Sutra

XIX. Commentaries on the Sastras by Chinese authors (Volumes 40-44)

OTHER

XX. Chinese Sectarian Writings (Volumes 44-48)

XXI. History and Biography (Volumes 49-42): 95 texts

Tales and dramas: 4 volumes

XXII. Encyclopedias and Dictionaries (Volumes 53-54): 16 texts

XXIII. Non-Buddhist Doctrines (Volume 54): 8 texts on Hinduism, Manichean, and Nestorian Christian writings

XXIV. Catalogs (Volume 55): 40 texts

Catalog to Kanjur (Volume 101)