檢視 Tertön 的原始碼

'''Tertön''' ([[Wyl.]] ''gter ston'') — a revealer of spiritual treasures ([[terma]]) hidden by [[Guru Rinpoche]] and [[Yeshe Tsogyal]] for the benefit of future generations.

==Major Tertöns==
[[Image:Jkwhandscloseup.jpg|thumb|[[Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo]]]]Starting with the first tertön, [[Sangyé Lama]] (1000–1080) and [[Drapa Ngönshé]] (1012–90), discoverer of the [[Four Medical Tantras]], there have been hundreds of masters who specialized in the discovery of terma, continuing up until the present day with Kyabjé [[Dudjom Rinpoche]] and Kyabjé  [[Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche]]. 

There are said to be one hundred great tertöns and one thousand minor ones, of whom five in particular are known as the ‘[[five sovereign terma revealers|Five Sovereigns]]’: 
*[[Nyang Ral Nyima Özer]] (1124–1192), 
*[[Guru Chöwang]] (1212-1270), 
*[[Dorje Lingpa]] (1346-1405), 
*[[Pema Lingpa]] (1450-1521) and 
*[[Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo]] (1820-1892). 

Other famous terma masters were: 
[[Image:Rigdzin Godem.jpg|thumb|Rigdzin Gödem, revealer of the [[Northern Treasures]]]]
*the lady [[Jomo Menmo]] (1248–1283), the [[spiritual consort]] of Guru Chöwang; 
*[[Orgyen Lingpa]] (1323–c.1360), discoverer of the biography of Guru Rinpoche, the ''Sheldrakma'', and the ''Kathang De Nga''; 
*[[Rigdzin Gödem]] (1337–1403), discoverer of the ''[[Northern Treasures]]''; 
*[[Sangyé Lingpa]] (1340–1396), who revealed the ''[[Lama Gongdü]]'' cycle; 
*[[Karma Lingpa]] (14th. century), the discoverer of the ''[[Shyitro Gongpa Rangdrol]]'' cycle, from which come the teachings on the ‘[[Six bardos|Six Bardos]]’ and the ''[[Tibetan Book of the Dead|Bardo Thödrol Chenmo]]''; 
*[[Ratna Lingpa]] (1403–1478) who compiled the ''[[Nyingma Gyübum]]''; 
*[[Thangtong Gyalpo]] (1385–1510), the extraordinary mystic and engineer who lived to the age of one hundred and twenty five; 
*[[Jatsön Nyingpo]] (1585–1656), who revealed the ''[[Könchok Chidü]]'' cycle; 
*[[Lhatsün Namkha Jikmé]] (1597–c.1650), the discoverer of the ''[[Rigdzin Sokdrup]]'' teachings; 
*the Great [[Fifth Dalai Lama]], Ngawang Lobsang Gyatso (1617–1682), who received the twenty-five teachings known as ''[[Sangwa Gyachen]]'' in [[pure vision]] and
*his disciple and teacher [[Terdak Lingpa]] (1646-1714).

==Teachings on Tertöns==
*[[Orgyen Tobgyal Rinpoche]], [[Lerab Ling]], 26 August 1997 (Q & A session, includes teaching on the nature of tertöns)

==Further Reading==
*[[Jamgön Kongtrul]], ''Life Stories of the Hundred Tertöns'', Wyl. ''gter ston brgya rtsa'i rnam thar''
*[[Tulku Thondup]], ''Hidden Teachings of Tibet: An Explanation of the Terma Tradition of the Nyingma School of Buddhism'' (Boston: Wisdom, reprint edition 1997)

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