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The '''holder of the terma teaching''' ([[Wyl.]] ''chos bdag'', ''chödak'') 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> | 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> | ||
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 18:55, 16 May 2015
The holder of the terma teaching (Wyl. chos bdag, chödak) means custodian of a terma cycle. It is the fortunate person prophesied in the terma prophecy as the principal person who will uphold the tradition of the tertön by studying, teaching and practising the terma teachings. [1]
According to Tulku Thondup[2], "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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- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Tulku Thondup, Hidden Teachings of Tibet (Boston: Wisdom, reprint edition 1997), Notes, page 226.