Acknowledgements

ac.1The Dharmasāgara Translation Group, consisting of Raktrul Ngawang Kunga Rinpoche, Rebecca Hufen, Jason Sanche, and Utpala, produced a draft translation, compared the Tibetan with the four Chinese translations, and drafted the introduction. David Fiordalis then revised and edited their work and also compared the Tibetan with the extant Sanskrit fragment.

ac.2The translation was subsequently completed under the patronage and supervision of 84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha. Dawn Collins copyedited the text. Martina Cotter was in charge of the digital publication process.