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treasure text

TECHNICAL TERM DETAILS (English)

Term treasure text

Referenced by:
terma (alternative term)
Tibetan gter-ma
Sanskrit
Pali
Definition Texts planted by Indian or Tibetan masters, either in a physical location, such as inside a pillar of a temple, or in the minds of disciples and hidden there for safekeeping during times that were not conducive for their practice. Often referred to by the transliterated Tibetan term "terma."

TRANSLATIONS

Arabic النصوص الثمينة
German Schatztext
Italian testo tesoro
Jeffrey Hopkins En, Ti... [Nying-ma] buried texts
Russian текст-сокровище
Vietnamese kho tàng giáo pháp