Acknowledgements

ac.1Translated by the Bodhinidhi Translation Group. The Tibetan text was translated into English and compared with the Sanskrit and Chinese versions by Thomas Cruijsen. Khenpo Chowang checked the translation with the Tibetan.

The translator would like to thank the staff at the Namgyal Institute of Tibetology, Gangtok, for generously providing access to their precious library collections.

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