Anna Balikci-Denjongpa is Research Coordinator at the Namgyal Institute of Tibetology, Sikkim, and editor of the Bulletin of Tibetology. Miguel Á lvarez Ortega has an academic background in law, linguistics and translation studies. After completing his PhD in contemporary Western philosophy of law, he studied Buddhist philosophy and Tibetan language at the Rangjung Yeshe Institute in Kathmandu, and Sanskrit at Kyoto University. Franç oise Pommaret, PhD, is a cultural anthropologist, director of Research Emeritus at the CNRS (France) and associate professor at the College of Language and Culture (CLCS, Bhutan). Seiji Kumagai is a professor at the Institute for the Future of Human Society (IFoHS) and divisional director at Kokoro Research Center.