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A tertön (Wylie: gter ston) is one who finds terma. Many tertöns are considered incarnations of the 25 main disciples of Padmasambhava. A vast system of transmission lineages developed. Nyingma scriptures were updated by terma discoveries and terma teachings have guided many Buddhist and Bön practitioners. Guru Padmasambhava predicted that in the future hundreds of tertöns will spread his teachings. Throughout the centuries many more people were known as tertön. Five of them were widely recognized as very important ones and called the five tertön kings:[1]
Another noteworthy tertön is Tsangpa Gyare, founder of the Drukpa Kagyu order. Consorts, with whom they practice sexual yoga to accelerate and enhance their sexual powers, are thought to be very important to tertöns.[2] Fremantle (2001: p.19) states that:
According to generally accepted history, the rediscovering of terma began with the first tertön, Sangye Lama (1000–1080). Tertöns of outstanding importance were Nyangral Nyima Oser (1124–1192), Guru Chowang (1212–1270), Rigdzin Godem (1307–1408), Pema Lingpa (1450–1521), Migyur Dorje (1645–1667), Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo (1820–1892) and Orgyen Chokyur Lingpa (1829–1870).
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