Chödak

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Chödak (Wyl. chos bdag) means custodian of a terma cycle. According to Tulku Thondup[1], "A chödak is the chief receiver and holder of a terma, and the most important figure in the lineage after the tertön himself".

A chödak is responsible for the spreading of a specific terma cycle, and is often involved in the sponsoring of the printing of its different texts. A chödak is sometimes also responsible for writing a commentary to the different practices of a terma cycle.

Notes

  1. Tulku Thondup, Hidden Teachings of Tibet (Boston: Wisdom, reprint edition 1997), Notes, page 226.

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