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[[Dolpopa Sherab Gyaltsen]] (1292-1361), also known as the ''Buddha from Dolpo''. He was a very important teacher, and one of the greatest expert on the tantric teachings of [[Kālacakra]]. Dolpopa claimed to have visited the kingdom of [[Shambhala]] in his meditations.
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'''[[Hidden Treasures]]'''<br>
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Termas are very often discovered in the form of a [[yellow scroll]] ([[shog ser]]) on which are written a few syllables in symbolic [[dakini script]] ([[mkha' 'gro brda yig]]). These letters can only be deciphered by the [[tertön]] to whom the legacy of the spiritual treasure belongs, and are unintelligible to anyone else. [MRKT-ShabkarNotes]
  
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Dolpopa emphasized two contrasting definitions of the emptiness teachings in Buddhism, emptiness of self-nature, and emptiness of other-nature [[Shentong]]. Dolpopa defined ultimate nature, emptiness of other-nature, as the Buddha-nature inherent in all living beings.
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== References ==
 
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* [[The Buddha from Dolpo]], by [[Cyrus Stearns]]. ISBN 0-7914-4191-1
 
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Revision as of 15:07, 24 January 2009

གཏེར་མ།
gter ma
Hidden Treasures

Termas are very often discovered in the form of a yellow scroll (shog ser) on which are written a few syllables in symbolic dakini script (mkha' 'gro brda yig). These letters can only be deciphered by the tertön to whom the legacy of the spiritual treasure belongs, and are unintelligible to anyone else. [MRKT-ShabkarNotes]

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