Written in 1476 by the great Tibetan scholar Gö Lotsawa, The Blue Annals is one of the most precious chronicles ever composed in Asia — a thousand-year story of how Buddhism traveled from India to the high valleys of Tibet, carried by kings, pilgrims, translators, and saints. In these pages you will meet the builders of Samye, the translator Marpa, the poet-mystic Milarepa, the Indian master Atisha, and the many teachers and lineages that carried the teaching through war, exile, and renewal. This edition presents the heart of Gö Lotsawa's great history in clear, flowing modern English, preserving his chronological order, his careful attention to lineage, and his reverence for the living power of the teaching. Faithful to the original's meaning and spirit, this edition invites today's readers to experience a timeless classic — part history, part sacred biography, part pilgrimage. Part of The World Scriptures Library.