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'''Chödak''' ([[Wyl.]] '' chos bdag'') means custodian of a [[terma]] cycle. 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. | '''Chödak''' ([[Wyl.]] '' chos bdag'') means custodian of a [[terma]] cycle. 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". | ||
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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Revision as of 12:24, 16 July 2014
Chödak (Wyl. chos bdag) means custodian of a terma cycle. According to Tulku Thondup[1], "A chödak is the chief receiver and holder of a terma, and the most important figure in the lineage after the tertön himself".
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.
Notes
- ↑ Tulku Thondup, Hidden Teachings of Tibet (Boston: Wisdom, reprint edition 1997), Notes, page 226.