Mind terma
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[[Image:Jikme Lingpa from 12 Dzogchen Teachers.jpg|frame|Rigdzin Jikmé Lingpa, who revealed the Longchen Nyingtik)] Mind terma (Tib. དགོངས་གཏེར་, gong ter; Wyl. dgongs gter) — a category of terma, discovered within the mindstream of the tertön.
Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche writes:
- Mind treasures arise in the following way: In many instances, after bestowing an empowerment or giving a teaching, Padmasambhava made the prayer, "In the future, may this treasure arise in the mind of
such and such tertön." While doing so, he would focus his prayers and blessings on the tertön, usually an incarnation of one of his disciples. When, due to Guru Rinpoche's blessings, the times comes, both the words
and the meaning of the treasure arise clearly in the tertön's mind. The tertön can then write these down
without having to think.[1]
Examples of gong ter are:
- the Seven Treasuries of Longchenpa,
- the termas of Kyabjé Dudjom Rinpoche.
Alternative Translations
- treasure of enlightened intent
Footnotes
- ↑ Dilgo Khyentse, Brilliant Moon (Boston & London: Shambhala Publications, 2008), page 141.