Acknowledgements

ac.1This text was translated by the Dharmachakra Translation Committee under the supervision of Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche. Gyurmé Avertin translated the text from Tibetan into English. Andreas Doctor compared the translation against the original Tibetan and edited the translation. The Dharmachakra Translation Committee would like to thank Khenchen Pema Sherab for his generous assistance with the resolution of several difficult passages.

ac.2The generous sponsorship of Zhou Tian Yu, Chen Yi Qin, Zhou Xun, and Zhao Xuan, which helped make the work on this translation possible, is most gratefully acknowledged.