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Lake of lotus (9) the lineage traditions of the nyingma scho
1. The Lineage Traditions of the
Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism (2)
• The Short Transmission of the Terma
Tradition
• Why is it That The Effects and
“Blessings” of The Dharma
Teachings Will Slowly Disappear?
• The Extension of the “Dharma
Semblance Age” and the Deferral of
the “Dharma-Ending Age”
• How to Preserve the “Blessings” of
the Dharma Teachings?
By Vajra Master Yeshe Thaye
(B) The Short Transmission of the
Terma Tradition
“credentials of authority” (te-gya), “future prophecy”
(lung-ten), and so on, those secret teachings were
then concealed in small boxes as Termas. Termas
can be further divided into Earth Termas (Sa-Ter)
which usually employ physical objects, and Mind
Termas (Gong-Ter) which are discovered within the
mind-streams of the Tertons through three different
means: (a) the highest means -- direct insight while
in awakened state (tog-pa); (b) the medium means
-- through experiential knowledge and experiences,
such as during meditations; and (c) the lowest means
-- through dreams.
Furthermore, “Concealed Treasures” teachings
(Tercho) can be further classified into three main types:
(1) Lama – The Peaceful and Wrathful Sadhanas on
Guru Rinpoche, usually divided into outer, inner,
secret and innermost secret cycles;
The “Concealed Treasures” (Termas) teachings
are known to have six lineages, since they possess
three special lineages over and above the previouslymentioned three lineages (please refer to the “The
Lineage Traditions of the Nyingma School of Tibetan
Buddhism (1) in Issue 8 of “Lake of Lotus”). These
three special lineages are the “Lineage Empowered by
Enlightened Aspirations”, the “Lineage of Prophetically
Declared Spiritual Succession”, and the “Lineage of
the Dakinis’ Seal of Entrustment”. A more detailed
description of these lineages can be found in His
Holiness Dudjom Rinpoche’s The Nyingma School
of Tibetan Buddhism: Its Fundamentals and History
(English translation by Gyurme Dorje and Matthew
Kapstein, published by Wisdom Publications, 361
Newbury St., Boston, MA.02115, U.S.A., 1991, pp.745749).
These “Concealed Treasures” (Termas)
teachings were concealed mainly by Guru Rinpoche
and his spiritual consort Yeshe Tsogyal, to be revealed
at the time most appropriate for their discovery by
prophesized “Treasure Revealers” (Tertons), who
are themselves incarnations of realized disciples of
Guru Rinpoche. Guru Rinpoche first formulated the
secret teachings by showing the “method of attaining
perfection” (drub-t’ah) through the Tantras, the “method
of achieving the core techniques” (men-ngag) through
perfection, and “instruction on how to put these core
techniques into practice” (lag-len). With the “blessings”
(mon-lam), the “authority of initiation” (wang-kur),
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2. (2) Dzogchen – Teachings on Ati-yoga (Dzogpa
Chenpo) on both methods of “Cutting Through
Solidity to Primordial Purity” (Thekchod) and
“Crossing Over to Spontaneous Presence”
(Thodgal); and
(3) Thugje Chenpo (La Dzog Tuk Sum) – Sadhanas of
the Great Compassionate One, Avalokiteshvara.
Those Tertons who have discovered and revealed
all the three parts of Tercho are considered as Great
Tertons (Terchen), while those who have discovered
and revealed only one or two parts of Tercho are
considered as Minor Tertons. It was prophesized
by Guru Rinpoche that there will be more than one
hundred Great Tertons and hundreds of Minor Tertons.
The Great Terton His Holiness
Dudjom Rinpoche
Why is it That The Effects and
“Blessings” of The Dharma Teachings
Will Slowly Disappear?
His Holiness Chadral Rinpoche
In this way, the “Concealed Treasures”
(Termas) teachings are first concealed, and then later
to be revealed by the predicted Tertons, are all due to
the great power of aspirations made by the Assembly of
Guru Rinpoche, the King and the subjects, for the benefit
of the future beings of the Dark Age, and also because
of the power of the blessings of Dakas and Dakinis. This
is the reason why just by the revelation and discovery
of the Termas that various important results and merits
would occur. The power of evil human and non-human
beings will decline, while the radiance of virtuous beings
will increase, and the degenerations of the Dark Age
(i.e. diseases, famine, wars and so on) will be pacified.
They will also help to extend the duration of life of the
“Canonical Transmission” (Kama), as well as to dispel
the obstructions to the lives and activities of the Masters
and of the Holy Doctrine.
The following verses came from “The Text
of Wonder Ocean: An Explanation of the Dharma
Treasure Tradition” (gTer Gyi rNam bShad) by the
Third Dodrupchen Rinpoche, Jigme Tenpe Nyima (one
of the eight sons of the Great Terton Dudjom Lingpa)
and is translated by Ven. Tulku Thondup Rinpoche.
In a prophetic introduction (kha byang) of Vajrasattva
discovered from O kar trag, it is mentioned that:
“The master Padmasambhava
In the land of the red-faced ones (Tibet)
Lit the lamp of the esoteric and exoteric Dharma,
Dispelled the darkness of defiled emotions.
Since the people of the future will be loose-disciplined,
They will practice the teachings with selfish view and in
a narrow-minded manner.
At that time, the effect of the general teachings and
practices will have disappeared.
Even if they do practice it will be fruitless and tiring.
Therefore the Omniscient One (Guru Rinpoche), with his
wisdom for
Helping living beings, have
All the profound teachings
Sealed with his command and concealed as the Termas.
When the various signs (for discovering) and the
Disciples have appeared,
Those concealed teachings will appear gradually and
will benefit people. For this purpose,
He made the aspirations and entrustments.”
(Please refer to Tulku Thondup Rinpoche, The Hidden
Teachings of Tibet. Edited by Harold Talbott. Boston:
Wisdom Publications, 1986, pp.145-6.)
In short, the concealment of the “Concealed
Treasures” (Termas) has four great purposes, as
mentioned by Rigdzin Jigme Lingpa in his “Explanation
of the Empowerment of Trol-thig” :
(1) to prevent the doctrine from disappearing;
(2) to prevent the teaching from being contaminated;
(3) to prevent the power of blessing from disappearing;
(4) to shorten the lineage of transmission.
The Extension of the “Dharma
Semblance Age” and the Deferral of
the “Dharma-Ending Age”
Also, Guru Rinpoche had already predicted that, as
we are approaching the period of the “Dharma-Ending
Age” (please refer to the article on “The Wisdom in
Directing One’s Dharma Practice (8)” in Issue 8 of “Lake
of Lotus”), numerous obstructions of various kinds (such
as: factional fightings, diseases, political disorders,
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3. And so, for the purposes of keeping the genuine
“Dharma practices’ intact without being distorted and
contaminated, as well as in pacifying all the abovementioned obstructions, Guru Rinpoche blessed and
prophesized accomplished Tertons (who are themselves
“realized disciples” of Guru Rinpoche) to appear at
different times, who would discover various important
teachings of Dharma practices on appropriate deities,
mantras and activities at the appropriate time and place,
just as different medicines are given to heal the various
illnesses (similar to what is now known as “time capsule”).
These Dharma Treasures (Terchos) are the teachings
which possess the “warm breath” of Guru Rinpoche
himself. As there are no contaminations and errors in
them, and so they are extremely powerful, they have no
obstructions for their practices, their accomplishments
are easy to attain, and their fruits are swiftly achieved.
His Holiness Chadral Rinpoche (left), His Holiness Dudjom Rinpoche (middle), and His Holiness Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche (right)
Through these means, the period of the “Dharma
Semblance Age” can thus be prolonged, in which there
will still be many people who teach the Dharma teachings,
but only a few of them who will practice the genuine
Dharma practices, and even a very small minority of
them will attain the various “Fruits of Realization” during
this period. However, as many of the genuine “Dharma
practices” have already been distorted and contaminated,
there will still be a hard time for most people to be able
to distinguish between the false Dharma teachings and
practices from those genuine ones. As a result, most
of the people will not be able to receive the “blessings”
and the benefits of those “original” genuine “Dharma
practices”, while only a very few people with wisdom will
be able to really differentiate among them. These few
people will then put these into practices, and thus they
will be able to attain those fruits of accomplishments,
and will eventually become liberated and enlightened. In
such a way, the period of the “Dharma Semblance Age”
will be prolonged.
and the destructions of the Dharma by powerful kings
and ministers, and even by Dharma practitioners
themselves) would occur, and so the blessings of the
Dharma teachings will slowly disappear.
The main characteristic of the period of the “DharmaEnding Age” is that there will still be people who teach
the Dharma teachings, but none of them would practice
the Dharma practices, and so nobody would attain the
various “Fruits of Realization” during this period. Thus
for this period, on the surface, there are still people
who teach the Dharma teachings and ask others to do
good deeds so as to have some “solaces” to the mind
temporarily, and yet they will not be able to be “liberated
from the “karmic cycle of existence” (samsara), nor
to be able to become totally “enlightened” (that is, in
attaining “Buddhahood”). In this regard, the period of the
“Dharma-Ending Age” will only have Dharma teachings
at the surface, but there will not be any real and genuine
“Dharma practices”.
Hence, His Holiness Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
had also remarked: “The three special qualities of the
Terma Treasures can also be: (i) the Terma Teaching
possesses the great warmth of blessings because of
having a close lineage; (ii) it is a pure source because of
having the scriptural proof of the Terma letters; and (iii)
it is a never-waning profound path because it appears
at the appropriate time for those to be tamed”. (please
refer to Guru Padmasambhava, The Light of Wisdom.
Translated by Erik Pema Kunsang. Boston: Shambhala
Publications, 1995, pp.213-4, Note 34.)
As Guru Rinpoche knew very well the “Law of Cause
and Effect”, as well as the “impermanence” of all worldly
things, and so in order to change any kind of “prophecies”,
it must have to start with the most important factor of all
-- the “collective karma”. In hoping to defer the arrival
of the period of the “Dharma-Ending Age” while trying
to prolong the period of the “Dharma Semblance Age”,
so that Buddhism can still continue to have its genuine
“Dharma practices” for people to practice resulting in its
having genuine “realized” Dharma practitioners who can
be liberated and enlightened in this world, and thus avoid
the possibility of having Buddhism to be downgraded
into only some kind of a religion (similar to all the other
religions of asking people to do good deeds in order to
be able to “ascend to heaven” when they die) in giving
some “solaces” to the mind and the balance of emotions
temporarily while one is still alive.
How to Preserve the “Blessings” of
the Dharma Teachings?
Futhermore, as the Tantric teachings of the
“Canonical Teachings” (Kama) and of the Earlier
Termas that were transmitted came down through
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4. the long lineages of previous Masters. The power of
those teachings may have declined by their falling into
the hands of improper people or transgressors. The
teachings may have been contaminated by individually
imposed and distorted ways through unauthorized
writings, and by adding “false methods” into the genuine
“Dharma practices”. In such a way, it is like the adding
of “poisons” into “nectars”, such that people will usually
not recognize it and so they will continue to take it as
genuine ones, and will thus eventually be killed by it
through slow poisoning, without ever knowing why they
got killed in the first place !
of circumstances, it is very difficult, if not impossible,
to achieve any accomplishment. When these Dharma
practitioners do not have an idea of who their Lineage
Masters were, then there is no way for the “blessings”
of the lineage to rest upon and to be sustained in one’s
heart, due to one’s own “ignorance” and without a
“spiritual heart” !
Hence if one practices a “Newly-Discovered Terma”
(Tersar,) which is directly transmitted from the Terton
and his “Principal Doctrine-holder” (Chodak), the benefit
of this is that it will be much easier to accomplish results.
The teachings of the “Dudjom Tersar” Lineage is of such
an example: these “concealed treasure” teachings were
discovered by both the Great Terton Dudjom Lingpa
(His Holiness Dudjom Rinpoche’s predecessor) and the
Great Terton Dudjom Jigdral Yeshe Dorje (His Holiness
Dudjom Rinpoche), and were all transmitted in its pure
totality to His Holiness Chadral Sangye Dorje Rinpoche,
who is the sole “Principal Dharma-heir” (Kyabchok) and
also the “Lord of the Mandala” of the “Dudjom Tersar”
Lineage. Hence, if one is fortunate enough to have
received these precious teachings from His Holiness
Chadral Sangye Dorje Rinpoche, and if one is able to
keep one’s own pure “samayas” with our Most Beloved
Crowning Jewel and Wish-fulfilling Gem, then the
practices of these precious teachings will bring about
swift results and accomplishments.
Furthermore, there tend to be more obstructions
in the long transmissions. It was during that long period
of transmission that there might have been someone,
among the “lineage-holders”, who did not practice much
and did not attain any “realization” or accomplishment,
and so they cannot realize the true meanings of the
genuine Dharma teachings. Or else, there are those who
had transgressed and broken their vows and “samayas”,
and so the power of the transmission becomes decayed.
The most popular cases are those in which the followers
of such teachings do not even be aware of their own
transmission lineages, and do not know where they
really come from. Maybe it is due to the simply fact that
these long transmissions have been handed down for
so long that they found it difficult just to even remember
the names of all the Lineage Masters. Under such kind
(B) The Short Transmission of the Treasures Tradition (Terma)
3 Common Lineages
Wisdom Mind
Lineage
Symbolic
Lineage
3 Special Lineages
Oral
Lineage
Lineage of
Propheticallydeclared
Spiritual Succession
Lineage
Enpowered
by Enlightened
Aspirations
Lineage of the
Dakinis’ Seal of
Entrustment
All these teachings are collected either as “Earth Termas” (Sa-Ter)
or “Mind Termas” (Gong-Ter), or both.
Three Main Types of Terma Teachings (Tercho)
Lama
Dzogchen
Thugje Chenpo
Peaceful & Wrathful
Sadhanas on Guru Rinpoche,
divided into outer, inner, secret
and innermost secret cycles
Teachings on Dzogchen :
-- “Cutting Through Solidity to
Primordial Purity” (Thekchod)
-- “Crossing Over to Spontaneous
Presence” (Thodgal)
Sadhanas of the
Great Compassionate One,
Avalokiteshvara
All Terma Teachings have four great purposes :-(1)
To prevent the doctrine from disappearing
(2)
To prevent the teaching from being contaminated
(3)
To prevent the power of blessing from disappearing
(4)
To shorten the lineage of transmission to keep its “warmth”
Eg. The “Concealed Treasures” of the “Dudjom Tersar” Lineage.
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