💙Remembering A Terton: The Legacy of Pema Lingpa. 💙About a month ago, I joined an unconventional group of pilgrims for a tour to know more about Bhutan's most famous Terton (treasure revealer) Pema Lingpa, upon the invitation of Pawo Choyning Dorji. Before this journey, the Terton was just a chapter in a less than memorable history lesson in school, and I thought I would hardly have to study him again. Little did I realize that class was just a doorway to a fascinating tales of prophecies, mys

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Terton Pema Lingpa (1450-1521) was one of the greatest treasure revealers (tertons) in Tibetan Buddhism. Born in the Bumthang Valley of Bhutan, he is considered an emanation of Guru Rinpoche (Padmasambhava) and reincarnation of King Trisong Detsen’s daughter Pema Sal and Longchenpa. Pema Lingpa discovered numerous terma (hidden teachings) that included texts, statues, and other sacred objects, contributing significantly to the Nyingma and Bhutanese Buddhist traditions. His revelations are charac