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*''Sanglingma Life Story'' by [[Nyang Ral Nyima Oser]] (1124-1192). The first known terma biography; 41 chapters, 202 pages. Tibetan title: ([[slob dpon pad ma]] [['byung gnas]] [[kyi]] [[skyes rabs]] [[chos 'byung]] [[nor bu'i phreng ba]] [[rnam thar]] [[zangs gling ma]]'o). Included by [[Jamgön Kongtrül]] the First in the [[Rinchen Terdzö]]. <br>
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'''Rinchen Terdzö''' ([[rin chen gter mdzod chen mo]]). 'The Great [[Treasury of Precious Termas]],' a collection of the most important revealed termas of Padmasambhava, [[Vimalamitra]], [[Vairotsana]], Yeshe Tsogyal and their closest disciples, gathered by [[Jamgön Kongtrül Lodrö Thaye]] with the help of [[Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo]] and [[Chokgyur Lingpa]].<br> Published in the 1980s in 63 volumes by His Holiness [[Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche]], New Delhi, India, with the addition of several more volumes of termas and commentaries. [[Khakyab Dorje]], the 15th Karmapa, described it is these words: "The great Treasury of Precious Termas is the quintessence of the ocean-like teachings of the sugatas (buddhas), the profound Vidyadhara Pitaka of the [[Early Translation School]]." A new redaction in 70 volumes, with the addition of several volumes of H.H. Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche's writings and arrangements, is presently prepared by the publishing arm of Shechen Monastery in Kathmandu/Nepal.  
The Sanglingma exists also in a longer version of 286 pages. This version, also revealed by [[Lord Nyang]], is so far unpublished but is found at the National Archives, Kathmandu, Nepal. Tibetan title: ([[u rgyan]] [[gu ru pad ma 'byung gnas]] [[kyi]] [[rnam thar]] [['bring po]] [[zangs gling ma]]r [[grags pa]]). The Sanglingma is also present in an extensive two volume version which was banned in Central Tibet due to some clear and damaging predictions about certain ministers’ involvement in the decline of Buddhism in Tibet in the twentieth century. This version, 1260 pages, was found in the [[Mustang]] region of Nepal and is also available at the National Archives, Kathmandu, Nepal. <br>
 
  
The [[Sanglingma]] is also available in [[The Lotus-Born]] (Shambhala Publications) Translated by [[Erik Pema Kunsang]] and edited by [[Marcia Binder Schmidt]]
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==reference==
 
[http://www.rangjung.com/books/lotus-born.htm The Lotus-Born; The Life Story of Padmasambhava]
 
 
 
 
 
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Rinchen Terdzö (rin chen gter mdzod chen mo). 'The Great Treasury of Precious Termas,' a collection of the most important revealed termas of Padmasambhava, Vimalamitra, Vairotsana, Yeshe Tsogyal and their closest disciples, gathered by Jamgön Kongtrül Lodrö Thaye with the help of Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo and Chokgyur Lingpa.
Published in the 1980s in 63 volumes by His Holiness Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, New Delhi, India, with the addition of several more volumes of termas and commentaries. Khakyab Dorje, the 15th Karmapa, described it is these words: "The great Treasury of Precious Termas is the quintessence of the ocean-like teachings of the sugatas (buddhas), the profound Vidyadhara Pitaka of the Early Translation School." A new redaction in 70 volumes, with the addition of several volumes of H.H. Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche's writings and arrangements, is presently prepared by the publishing arm of Shechen Monastery in Kathmandu/Nepal.