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'''Termas''' are key [[Tibetan Buddhism|Tibetan]] [[Buddhist texts]], many of which were hidden by [[Padmasambhava]] around the Tibetan region for future discovery at auspicious times. As such, they represent the only tradition of continuing revelation in [[Buddhism]]. The tradition is particularly prevalent in the [[Nyingma]] tradition. Termas can be either of the "earth" or "mind". The former are physical objects -- which one can interpret as either the text themselves, or as physical symbols triggering a recollection of the text. The "mind" termas are states of mind discovered in meditative trance which connect the practitioner directly with the essential content of the text in one simultaneous experience. Once this has occurred, the ''[[terton|tertön]]'' or discoverer of the ''[[terma]]'' then holds the whole text in his mind and is able to write it down at some future point. In this way, one can see the tradition of ''termas'' and ''tertöns'' as analogous to that of inspiration. The most famous ''terma'' is the ''[[Tibetan Book of the Dead]]''. ==References== *Wikipedia (2005). [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Termas Termas]. Retrieved 9 March 2005. [[Category:Sacred Texts of Buddhism]] == Document Source == *This page was originally sourced from ''[http://www.thelemapedia.org Thelemapedia].'' Retrieved May 2009.

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