Free Tibetan Language Learning Resources

Welcome to the Tibetan Language Institute’s offerings of free resources for students. These prayers, texts, drills, exercises, notes and cultural information can be useful on many different levels: for personal dharma practice as well as language acquisition. Enjoy!

Dedication Prayer–English Explanation of Tibetan Text (PDF)

Dedication of Beneficial Activity Prayer- Tibetan, English, and Phonetics (PDF)

Dedication of Beneficial Activity Prayer- Tibetan Only (PDF)

Dewachen Prayer (PDF)

Dharani of Dependent Arising PDF  This is the OM YE DHRAMA text oftn recited in Sanskrit or Tibetan before Buddhist teachings.

Eight Fold Path- Tibetan, English, and Phonetics (PDF)

The Eight Worldly Concerns

Food Offering Prayer in English, Tibetan, and Phonetics (PDF)

Food Offering Prayer- Tibetan Only (PDF)

Four Immeasurables Prayer- Tibetan, English, and Phonetics (PDF)

Four-Immeasurables Prayer- Tibetan Only (PDF)

Four Marks of Dharma (PDF)

Four Noble Truths-Tibetan, English, and Phonetics (PDF)

Four Reliances–Tibetan parsed, with English translation (PDF)

Jewel Ornament of Liberation- Table of all Phenomena (PDF)

Jewel Ornament of Liberation: Six General Topics – Tibetan Language (PDF)

Manjushri Prayer with English, Tibetan, and Phonetics (PDF)

Mantra of Manjushri (PDF)

Seed Syllable of Manjushri- Jampel Yang Tibetan (PDF)

Mipham’s Prayer for Good Fortune & Peace- English, Tibetan, and Phonetics (PDF)

Mipham’s Prayer for Good Fortune & Peace- Tibetan only (PDF)

Refuge and Bodhicitta Prayer- English, Tibetan, and Phonetics (PDF)

Refuge and Bodhicitta Prayer- Tibetan only (PDF)

Refuge and Bodhicitta Prayer- Pecha Format in English, Tibetan, and Phonetics (PDF)

Shakyamuni Buddha’s Fundamentals- English, Tibetan, and Phonetics (PDF)

Shakyamuni Buddha’s Fundamentals Teaching- Tibetan Only (PDF)

The Six Perfections or Paramitas- Tibetan and English (PDF)

37 Practices of Bodhisattvas Verse 36 Tibetan-English Handout (PDF)

Thirty-Seven Practices of Bodhisattvas (PDF)

37 Practices of a Bodhisattva Verse 11-Tibetan to English Explanation (PDF)

Verses of Eight Noble Auspicious Ones, Verse 9 by Shantideva – English, Tibetan, and Phonetics (PDF)

Verses of Eight Noble Auspicious Ones, Excerpt – Tibetan only (PDF)

Buddha Translated into Tibetan- Sang gyay (PDF)

Dharma Translated into Tibetan- Cho (PDF)

Community Translated into Tibetan- Guen dun Sangha (PDF)

Enlightenment Translated into Tibetan- Jang Choob (PDF)

Symbol of Translators- Tibetan & English (PDF)

The Beauty of the Tibetan Language (PDF)

Learning the Tibetan Script (PDF)

The Seven Elements of Tibetan (PDF)

Suffixes & Finding the Root Letter in a Tibetan Syllable (PDF)

Eight Auspicious Symbols (PDF)

Colors in Tibetan Language (PDF)

Musical notation for Tibetan Buddhist Rituals at Kagyu Ling (PDF)

Refuge & Bodhicitta Prayer with Tibetan-English Glossary (PDF)

Thirty-Seven Practices of Bodhisattvas Quote (PDF)

Heart Sutra, Title and Homage, with Tibetan and English Glossary (PDF)

Way of Bodhisattva by Shantideva Ch 1, Verses 10 & 11 with Tibetan and English Glossary (PDF)

Notes from a teaching on Vajrakilaya- Five Wisdoms and Four Bodies of a Buddha (PDF)

Tibetan Alphabet with English Phonetics (PDF)

David Curtis Reciting the Tibetan Alphabet (MP3)

Calligraphy Lined Paper for practicing Tibetan Alphabet (PDF)

Tibetan Alphabet Recognition Practice Sheet (PDF)

Tibetan Language- Consonants and Vowel (PDF)

Tibetan Subscipts, Superscripts, Vowels Signs Practice Sheet (PDF)

Tibetan Transliteration of Various Buddhist Terms (PDF)

Transliteration Chart of Tibetan Alphabett-Wylie, Library of Congress, Jaschke, Das (PDF)

Basic Tibetan Vocabulary Exercises (PDF)

Particles used with the Eight Grammatical Cases (PDF)

Tibetan Numbers and Counting in Tibetan (PDF)

David Curtis Spelling the Numbers (MP3)

The Linking Verb- Intro to Tibetan Language (PDF)

The Six States of Existence- Intro to Tibetan Language (PDF)

Tibetan Language Basic Practice Drill (PDF)

TLI Channel on YouTube

Beginning Tibetan:

Learning the Tibetan Alphabet with Lama David Curtis

Single Syllable Words in Tibetan

Five Vowels in Tibetan

Using the Five Vowels to Create Tibetan Words

Tibetan Vocabulary Flashcards: How to Use

Study a Tibetan Prayer or Text with Lama David Curtis: