Kunzang Dechen Lingpa: If You Want To Be a Terton

Kunzang Dechen Lingpa:

If You Want To Be a Terton
”My late teacher, an important terton, said if you want to be a terton, the only real requirement is faith in Guru Rinpoche. If you supplicate him strongly enough with genuine compassion for sentient beings, then you might be able to reveal terma.”

Quote from Kunzang Dechen Lingpa, as stated by his close student Acarya Malcolm Smith

Kim's Comment: Love and devotion have certainly been key factors in my history of receiving teachings or termas from nonphysical masters.

What Does it Mean to Be a Terton?

What Does it Mean to Be a Terton?

It is widely believed, especially within the Nyingma school of Tibetan buddhism, that only few chosen ones can receive dharma teachings mystically, non-physically, and be "dharma treasure revealers", or tertons. I asked my good friend and student Karl Eikrem to write down his initial account of receiving his first nonphysical teaching, or terma as they are traditionally called. In this video he reads his account (follow the link to read it) and then guides the actual practice that he learned. At the end of the video I read a couple of related quotes and expound the matter a bit more. I hope this sheds light on this matter and makes people think a bit more open mindedly about it all.

To conclude I would like to present a quote from Kunzang Dechen Lingpa, as stated by his close student Acharya Malcolm Smith:

”My late teacher, an important terton, said if you want to be a terton, the only real requirement is faith in Guru Rinpoche. If you supplicate him strongly enough with genuine compassion for sentient beings, then you might be able to reveal terma.”

Link to text: http://openheartopenheart.blogspot.com/2018/06/receiving-teaching-from-sakya-sri.html

Link to video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMbgSRNSBZw