The Hundred Tertöns: A Garland of Beryl
The Hundred Tertons (གཏེར་སྟོན་བརྒྱ་རྩའི་རྣམ་ཐར།) is Jamgon Kongtrul’s history of the visionary men and women who have, again and again, renewed the Vajrayana Buddhist tradition of Padmasambhava. Kongtrul’s book includes biographies of Padmasambhava, his twenty-five disciples, Longchenpa, Jikme Lingpa, Chokgyur Lingpa, and many others. Considered a seminal work of Tibetan Buddhist history, The Hundred Tertons for the first time available in English translation was printed by KTD Publications in 2012 and now is available in electronic edition.
Foreword by KHENCHEN THRANGU RINPOCHE:
"The termas concealed in lakes and rock by Guru Lake Born Vajra, the second Buddha, and other great vidyadharas have been revealed by the hundred tertons, each of whom has taken intentional birth in order to reveal them at the appropriate time. This book, written by Jamgon Lodro Taye, gives their biographies. Thinking, “If it is translated into Western languages, it will genuinely inspire dharma practitioners,” I expressed this hope to the translator Lama Yeshe Gyamtso. He has gone to great effort in order to fulfill my hopes, for which I thank him. So that his effort not go to waste, I ask that you who practice dharma study this book, increase your faith in and devotion for these extraordinary tertöns and their profound terma, and bring your practice to its fruition."
