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Encyclopedia > Terton

In Tibetan Buddhism, a tertön is someone who discovers a terma, or hidden text.


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The Tertons are Revealers of the Hidden Spiritual Treasures of Padmasambhava, mystically sealed (through his Enlightened Mind-Mandate) to be Discover [sic] at future times.
The Tertons (Incarnations of the twenty-five Disciples of Padmasambhava) are predicted to appear at various times to reveal Teachings, and these Great Lamas are the living fire of the Nyingma School.
Kyabje Chhimed Rigdzin Rinpoche (the Incarnation of one of the twenty-five disciples, called Kye-chung Lotsa) is one of the few major living Tertons; and has (in his present life as Terchen Zilngon Lingpa) discovered many powerful and extraordinary Ter.
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