Terton

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Wylie: gter ston

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

Guru Padmasambhava predicted that in the future hundreds of tertons will spread his teachings. Throughout the centuries many more people were known as tertons.

Five of them were widely recognized as very important ones and called the five terton kings:

  • Nyang Ral Nyima Özer (1124-1192)
  • Guru Chökyi Wangchuk (1212-1270)
  • Dorje Lingpa (1346-1405)
  • Pema Lingpa (1445/50-1521)
  • Padma Ösel Do-ngak Lingpa (Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo) (1820-1892)

Another noteworthy terton is Tsangpa Gyare, founder of the Drukpa Kagyu order.

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