ཟླ་བའ་མད intro.11

intro.11

We have based our translation on the Degé edition while also consulting the Comparative Edition of the Kangyur, and the Stok Palace, Phukdrak, Hemis I, and Gondhla manuscripts. We compared Wille’s edition of the Sanskrit with the Tibetan. When significant variants from Tibetan Kangyur manuscripts are supported by Sanskrit, they were preferred. Our translation benefited from Feer’s notes on The Sūtra of the Moon (1) and The Sūtra of the Moon (2), as well as from his translations.¹¹ We sometimes referred in the notes to The Sūtra of the Moon (1) and The Sūtra of the Sun. We also consulted passages from The Sūtra of the Moon (2) quoted in the English translation of Great Upholder of the Secret Mantra,¹² translated by the Dharmachakra Translation Committee for 84000. We have on occasion referred to variants found in this text and its commentary.