Tantra

Tantras of the highest class, divided into “non-dual,” “mother,” and “father,” and within the two latter categories into six “families” of principal deities (Toh 360-478).

Tantras of the Yoga class based mainly on meditational practices, including those emphasizing skillful means followed by those emphasizing wisdom (Toh 479-493).

Tantras of the Conduct class with both meditational and ritual elements, mostly centered on the deities Vairocana, Acala, or Vajrapāṇi (Toh 494-501).

Tantras of the Action class, mainly emphasizing external worship and ritual, and classified into six “families” of principal deities (Toh 502-808).

A group of canonical texts used as dedication prayers and expressions of auspiciousness to conclude the Tantra Collection (Toh 809-827).

Seventeen works representing a small selection of the many “inner” class tantras of the Ngagyur Nyingma (“earlier translation”) tradition (Toh 828-844).

This section is a single text comprised of eight chapters, laid out as separate texts in Degé, and numbered 841 (1-8) in Toh, but here all included under this title

A single commentary on the Kālacakratantra, traditionally accorded its own section in the Kangyur despite being a treatise or śāstra (Toh 845); it is also found in the Tengyur (Toh 1347).