Northern Treasures Histories, Volume 1: Before Rigdzin Gödem: Based on Khenpo Chöying’s The Garland of Wondrous Tales

BDRC: This acronym is used for ease of reference throughout our volumes to refer to the website https://library.bdrc.io,which has been successively named TBRC, BDRC, and BUDA.• CNT: The Compilation of the Northern Treasures.Refers to the 2015 sNga 'gyur byang gter chos skor phyogs bsgrigs, also referred to as Byang gter phyogs bsgrigs.• KSG : ʼJam dbyangs rgyal mtshan, mKhan chen (ed.), 1999, bKaʼ ma shin tu rgyas pa (kaḥ thog), Chengdu, Kaḥ thog mkhan po 'jam dbyangs.• NG: rNying ma rgyud 'bum.Refers, by default, to Rñiṅ ma rgyud 'bum-The Mtshams-brag manuscript of the Rñiṅ ma rgyud 'bum.Thimphu, Bhutan: National Library, Royal Bhutan, 1982, vol.1-46.References to other editions will be explicitly signaled as such.• NKG :bDud '