Dakinis serve as the guardians of terma, the hidden treasure teachings of Padmasambhava, protecting the texts encoded in dakini script until the prophesied tertön arrives to reveal them at the appointed time.
Padmasambhava composed and concealed hundreds of terma — treasure teachings encoded in dakini script and hidden in rocks, lakes, temples, and even the mindstreams of disciples — to be unearthed by future tertöns when Tibet's need would be greatest.
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