[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Tibetan canon (Kangyur & Tengyur)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.tibet) › [Kangyur (translated words of the Buddha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.tibet.kangyur) › [General sūtras](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.tibet.kangyur.mdo_sde) › [འཕགས་པ་འཁར་གསིལ་གྱི་མདོ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.tibet.kangyur.mdo_sde.335) › [The Sutra on the Ringing Staff](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.tibet.kangyur.mdo_sde.335~en-84000) › intro.8 # འཕགས་པ་འཁར་གསལ་གྱ་མད intro.8 The Sūtra on the Ringing Staff intro.8 - **Language:** English ### [intro.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.tibet.kangyur.mdo_sde.335~en-84000.intro.8) Regardless of whether the De daoti cheng xizhang jing was wholly or partially composed in China,⁸ there are several factors that support the case that The Sūtra on the Ringing Staff (Toh 335) is a Tibetan translation of the corresponding section within it. First of all, the Tibetan sūtra is close to the relevant section of the Chinese, with differences being found generally in specific short phrases. The Tibetan sūtra lacks the customary Sanskrit title, and most versions lack a translator’s colophon.⁹ Moreover, the Dunhuang manuscript of The Sūtra on the Ringing Staff and The Rite for the Protocols Associated with Carrying the Ringing Staff contains a colophon that states that both the sūtra and the rite were translated from the Chinese by the well-known translator Chödrup.¹⁰ - [Previous: intro.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.tibet.kangyur.mdo_sde.335~en-84000.intro.7) - [Next: intro.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.tibet.kangyur.mdo_sde.335~en-84000.intro.9) - [Up: intro](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.tibet.kangyur.mdo_sde.335~en-84000.intro) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.tibet.kangyur.mdo_sde.335~en-84000.intro.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.tibet.kangyur.mdo_sde.335~en-84000.intro.8) · Pramāṇa