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Keywords: Terma, Treasure, Rinpoche, Hidden, Tib

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treasure-revealer, revealer of treasure texts concealed mainly by Guru Rinpoche and Yeshe Tsogyal in the 9th century

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Literally treasure-finder. They have been entrusted by Guru Rinpoche to reveal a hidden teaching. It is believed that the students of Guru Rinpoche have continued to eminate in the forms of Tertons in successive centuries to reveal these treasures.

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(Tib): one who rediscovers and reveals 'hidden treasure teachings' or TERMA.

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a scholar who finds and interprets Termas, or hidden scriptures

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A discoverer of hidden texts understood to have been concealed by great teachers of the past in various ways, until the time when they could be understood and applied.

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( Tib.): One who reveals hidden treasures or teachings, usually an incarnate lama.

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In Tibetan Buddhism, a tertÃ¶n is someone who discovers a terma, or hidden text.

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