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| The '''holder of the terma teaching''' ([[Wyl.]] ''chos bdag'', ''chödak'') means custodian of a [[terma]] cycle. It is the fortunate person prophesied in the [[khajang|terma prophecy]] as the principal person who will uphold the tradition of the [[tertön]] by studying, teaching and practising the 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>
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| According to Tulku Thondup<Ref>[[Tulku Thondup]], ''Hidden Teachings of Tibet'' (Boston: Wisdom, reprint edition 1997), Notes, page 226.</Ref>, "A chödak is the chief receiver and holder of a terma, and the most important figure in the lineage after the [[tertön]] himself".
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| A chödak is responsible for the spreading of a specific terma cycle, and is often involved in the sponsoring of the printing of its different texts. A chödak is sometimes also responsible for writing a commentary to the different practices of a terma cycle.
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| *[[Terma]]
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| *[[Tertön]]
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