The Critical Tibetan Edition Volumes

This project involves inputting the Tibetan texts, critically comparing the main woodblock editions of the works, locating the numerous bibliographical citations found in the texts, and as well as printing these classical texts in modern book format. Each volume carries an in-depth introductory essay in Tibetan, most composed by Thupten Jinpa, the General Series Editor, providing a comprehensive background and context to the key themes of the volume. The volumes are also provided with a comprehensive list of contents, a bibliography of the texts cited in the original as well as a bibliography of the works consulted by the editors. Our hope and wish is that these volumes, together with the introductory essays, will provide a comprehensive resource both for students and teachers alike in the Tibetan speaking world on classical Tibetan knowledge, wisdom and culture.

We are partnering with the Library of Shartse College, Ganden Monastery, South India, for the inputting and proofreading aspect of this project. Electronic inputting of all the texts featured in the series, which began in January 2001 at the Library of Ganden Shartse, India, completed at the end of February 2006. Our Tibetan editors working under the overall supervision of Thupten Jinpa on the critical editions project undertake their textual research at the Library of the Central Institute for Higher Tibetan Studies, Sarnath, India.

As work on each volume is completed, 1,000 copies are printed in New Delhi, India under the series entitled bod kyi gtsug lag gces. These printed books are then distributed free of charge to schools, monasteries, community libraries as well to individual Tibetan teachers and scholars in India and Nepal. A remainder of 300 copies is donated to our partner the Library of Ganden Shartse College to be sold at cost price. For the wider scholarly world electronic versions of the printed Tibetan volumes are made available on our website for free download. The complete list in Tibetan of the texts featured in the series can be found here.

The entire project of researching, editing and printing of the Critical Tibetan Editions of the 32-volume bod kyi gstug lag gces btus is being generously funded by the Institute’s primary benefactor The Hershey Family Foundation.

Editor-in-Chief: Thupten Jinpa, PhD

Senior Editor: Geshé Lobsang Choedar

Our Tibetan editors include:

Geshé Thupten Yonten, Mundgod, India
Acarya Lobsang Dorjé Rabling, Sarnath, India
Geshé Nyima Kunkhyap, Sarnath, India
Geshé Phüntsok Nyima, Sarnath, India
Geshé Thupten Lekshé, Sarnath, India
Acarya Tenzin Norbu, Sarnath, India
Acarya Tenzin Dönyö, Sarnath, India
Tsering Dolkar, PhD, Sarnath, India
Tsering Tsamchö, Sarnath, India
Gen Drakpa Sengé, Sarnath, India

Desktop publishing: Lobsang Dorjé Rabling and Lobsang Choedar

Printing and distribution: Lobsang Choedar and Jhampa Könchok

Office Manager: Jhampa Könchok