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'''Terton''' ([[gter ston]]) - '''Treasure Revealer'''
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The term "terton" refers to enlightened Buddhist masters that reveal hidden teachings and present them at a spiritually efficacious time. In particular, this term is used widely in the [[Nyingma]] tradition, where it refers to indivual who, in a previous life, were students of the master [[Padmasambhava]] and later reincarnated to spread teachings they received, but were then hidden since the time for their spreading had not yet come to pass.
 
In the Indian tradition, early precedents for this tradition can be found in figures like [[Nagarjuna]], who revealed [[Prajnaparamita]] teachings that had been kept hidden in the realm of the [[Naga]]s.
 
===Important Tertons===
 
===Other Names & Spellings===
*Treasure reavealer
*Revealer of treasures
 
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