Acknowledgements

ac.1This text was translated by the Dharmachakra Translation Committee under the supervision of Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche. Daniel McNamara translated the text from Tibetan into English and wrote the introduction. Andreas Doctor compared the draft translation with the original Tibetan and edited the text. Daniel McNamara would like to thank Ven. Prof. Lobsang Norbu Shastri for reading through the entire text with him, and he also thanks Dr. Harunaga Isaacson and Tenzin Bhuchung for assistance in clarifying difficult points.

ac.2The translation was completed under the patronage and supervision of 84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha.