ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

I would like to acknowledge the generous assistance of the following individuals in the development and preparation of this volume: H.H. the Dalai Lama, Kyabjey Ling Rinpoche, Ven. Denma Locho Rinpoche and his translator TubtenTardo, Geshe Tsering of Ganden Monastery, Ms. Diane Short, Kevin Garreth, Tsepak Rigzin, Lozang Dawa, Ms. Roberta Mandell, Vivienne Stewart, Hilary Shearman, Wayne Schlepp, Geshe Lobzang Tenpa, Geshe Tashi Wangyal, Gyatso Tsering and the staff at the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives, and Ven. Zasep Tulku.

If this rendition arouses a spark of the universal spirit of enlightenment within even one reader, that alone will send out a wave of positive energy that will endure until the end of time. But then that too is but a blink of the cosmic eye.

Glenn H. Mullin

Ottawa, Canada 1994