Holder of the terma teaching

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The holder of the terma teaching (Wyl. chos bdag, chödak) 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]

References

  1. 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.