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'''Earth terma''' ([[ས་གཏེར་]],  ''sa ter'', [[Wyl.]] ''sa gter'') — a category of [[terma]] which employs physical objects.

[[Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche]] writes:
:[[Padmasambhava]] hid earth treasures in mountains, rocks, lakes, and so on. He then entrusted various [[protectors]], [[gods]], [[naga]]s, local deities, and so forth, to guard these treasures until, according to his predictions, the time came to deliver them to the [[tertön]]. When the right time comes, the tertön can extract these treasures from their place of concealment.<ref>Dilgo Khyentse, ''Brilliant Moon'' (Boston & London: Shambhala, 2008), page 141.</ref>

Examples of earth termas are:
*the ''[[Tukdrup Barché Kunsel]]'' revealed by [[Chokgyur Lingpa]] from [[Danyi Khala Rongo]] (which [[Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo]] also revealed as a [[gong ter]])
*the ''[[Kagyé Rigdzin Yongdü]]'' revealed by [[Ngari Panchen Pema Wangyal]]
*the ''[[Yang Nying Pudri]]'' revealed by [[Tertön Sogyal]]

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==Internal Links==
*[[mind terma]]

[[Category: Termas]]