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A '''chödak''' ([[Wyl.]] '' chos bdag''), or '''custodian of a terma cycle''', is the master who is prophesied in the [[khajang|terma prophecy]] as the principal person who will uphold the tradition of the [[tertön]] by studying, teaching and practising his or her [[terma]] teachings.<ref>[[Dodrupchen Jikmé Tenpé Nyima]], ''Wonder Ocean'', translated by [[Tulku Thondup]] in ''Hidden Teachings of Tibet: An Explanation of the Terma Tradition of the Nyingma School of Buddhism'' (Boston: Wisdom, reprint edition 1997), p.162-163.</ref>

According to [[Tulku Thondup]], "a chödak is the chief receiver and holder of a terma, and the most important figure in the lineage after the [[tertön]] himself".<Ref>Tulku Thondup, ''Hidden Teachings of Tibet'' (Boston: Wisdom, reprint edition 1997), notes, page 226.</Ref>

A chödak is also responsible for the spreading of the terma cycle, and is often involved in the sponsoring of the printing of its different texts. A chödak is sometimes responsible as well for writing commentaries to the different practices of that particular terma cycle.

==Alternate Translations==
*holder of the terma teachings

==Notes==
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