Acknowledgements

ac.1Translated by the Dharmachakra Translation Committee under the guidance of Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche. The translation was produced by Benjamin Collet-Cassart and Nika Jovic, who also wrote the introduction. Andreas Doctor compared the draft translation with the original Tibetan and edited the text. Krešimir Krnic and Wiesiek Mical assisted by comparing the translation to the Sanskrit verses from the Śikṣāsamuccaya. Khenpo Tsöndrü Sangpo from Ka-Nying Shedrub Ling Monastery and Khenpo Konchok Tamphel from Vienna University also assisted the translators by resolving several difficult passages.