Acknowledgements

ac.1Translated by the Dharmachakra Translation Committee under the guidance of Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche. The translation was produced by Lowell Cook. Andreas Doctor checked the translation against the Tibetan, wrote the introduction, and edited the text. Felin Chung provided assistance by checking the translation against the Chinese and compiling the Chinese glossary. Further revisions based on the Chinese were made by Ian MacCormack, James Gentry, and Xiaolong Diao.

The translation was completed under the patronage and supervision of 84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha.