Kathang

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Kathang (Tib.) (བཀའ་ཐང་, Wyl. bka’ thang) or 'Chronicles' in English, is a Tibetan literary genre that usually, although not exclusively, refers to the biographies of Padmasambhava concealed as terma or hidden treasures and revealed by a tertön at a particular time.

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Biographies of Padmasambhava