Tertön

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In Tibetan Buddhism, a Tertön (Tibetan: གཏེར་སྟོན་, Wylie: gter ston) is a person who is a discoverer of ancient hidden texts or terma. Many tertöns are considered to be incarnations of the twenty five main disciples of Padmasambhava (Guru Rinpoche), who foresaw a dark time in Tibet.

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