Acknowledgements

ac.1Translated by the Dharmachakra Translation Committee under the guidance of Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche. Thomas Doctor produced the translation and wrote the introduction. Khenpo Pema Namgyal and Karma Ozer helped with difficult passages. Andreas Doctor compared the draft translation with the original Tibetan and edited the text.

This translation has been completed under the patronage and supervision of 84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha.

ac.2The generous donation of George Gu, May E. Ho Gu, Likai Gu, Tiffany Tai, Lillian Gu, Jerry Yen, E. E. Ho, Minda and Miin Ho, Chung Da, and Beiying Ho, which helped make the work on this translation possible, is most gratefully acknowledged.