Tertön

A Tertön (Tibetan, Wylie: gter ston) is a word Tibetan meaning " discoverer of treasures enfouis".

In the Buddhism Tibetan, a “tertön” is a person who discovers a Terma, or hidden text. Padmasambhava predicted that in future times of the hundreds of tertöns its lesson would expose. Through the centuries of many people were recognized like Tertöns. This practice also allowed these texts to escape religious persecutions. The Buddhists Tibetans had as a habit to hide the spiritual treasures (gter-my in Tibetan or Terma in Sanskrit) in various places of Tibet and neighbouring. The spiritual Masters who make the discovery, Tertöns, are more particularly related to the school Nyingma and Bön.

Nyang Ral Nyima Ozer or Nyangrel Nyima Özer or To dare (1124-1192, or 1136 - 1204)
Tsangpa Gyare (1161 - 1211), founder of the order Droukpa Kagyu.
Guru Chökyi Wangchuk (1212-1270)
Dorje Lingpa (1346-1405)
Karma Lingpa (~1350) discoverer of the Bardo Thödol
Pema Lingpa (1445/50-1521)
Chungdrag Dorje 17th century whose Steven Seagal was recognized like a reincarnation.
Lobsang Gyatso, the 5th Dalaï Lama, (1617 - 1682)
Urgyen Terdak Lingpa (1646 - 1714), one of the largest Master Nyingmapa.
Jigme Lingpa (1730 - 1798), condensed the teaching of Longchenpa in a cycle of termas called Longchen Nyingthig , which constitutes the principal base of the contemporary Dzogchen.
Chogyur Lingpa was Tertön Nyingmapa which lived at the 19th century
Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo (1820 - 1892) was Tertön Sakyapa.
Nyala Rinpoché (1826 – 1961/1978)
Tertön Sogyal (1856 - 1926) near to the 13th Dalaï Lama, discovered the cycle of Vajrakilaya.
Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoché (1910 - 1991)
Dudjom Rinpoché (1904 - 1987)
Dechen Bangmo (Bonpo)
Tulku Urgyen Rinpoché transmitted many lesson of Tertön
Mingyour Dorje, line of Tertön
Khenpo Jigme Phuntsok (1933 - 2004) was the reincarnation of large Tertön.
Rigdzin Namkha Gyatso Rinpoché (1968 -), exiled in Swiss.

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