The Blue Annals (དེབ་ཐེར་སྔོན་པོ་)

Tibetan title: Bod gangs can yul du chos dang chos smra ji ltar byung ba'i rim pa bstan pa'i deb ther sngon po
Author: 'Gos lo tsA ba gZhon nu dpal (1392-1481)
Published: Chengdu: Si khron mi rigs dpe skrun khang, 1984.

OUTLINE OF THE MAJOR SECTIONS

1. Early Indian history, Indian and Tibetan Imperial Lines, and the Early Spread of the Buddhist Teachings in Tibet: 9 chapters.
2. The Later Spread (spyi dar) of the Buddhist Teachings in Tibet: 9 chapters.
3. The Early Translations of the Secret Mantra: 6 chapters.
4. The New Secret Mantra Traditions including the Path and its Results (lam ‘bras) Tradition: 3 chapters.
5. Atisa and the Kadampa Traditions Descending from Him: 11 chapters.
6. The Translator Ngok Loden Sherap and the Philosophical Traditions Descending from Him: 5 chapters.
7. Exegetical Traditions of Various Tantric Systems: 6 chapters.
8. The Dakpo Kagyüpa Traditions Descending from Marpa: 23 chapters.
9. The Contemplative Traditions of Kodrakpa and Niguma: 2 chapters.
10. The Wheel of Time Tantra (Skt. Kalacakra): no separate chapters.
11. The Great Seal (Skt. Mahamudra) Traditions: 6 chapters.
12. The Peace-Making Lineages: 8 chapters.
13. The Cutting (gcod) Traditions and the Tradition of Kharakpa: 3 chapters.
14. The Great Compassion cycle, Adamantine Garland Tradition, and Other Minor Traditions: 12 chapters.
15. Various Monastic Traditions, Questions Concerning the Blue Annals, and the Printing of the Blue Annals: 5 chapters.