| Acknowledgements | 7 | |
| Some Key Terms | 8 | |
| Note on Transliteration | 9 | |
| Pt. 1 | Buddhism and the Terma Tradition | |
| 1 | Termas | 13 |
| 2 | Hinayana, Mahayana and Vajrayana | 15 |
| 3 | Basic Philosophy of Sutra | 19 |
| 4 | Basic Philosophy of Tantra | 32 |
| 5 | Nyingma School | 37 |
| 6 | Sangha | 40 |
| Pt. 2 | Transmission of Esoteric Teachings | |
| 1 | Transmission | 45 |
| 2 | Guru Padmasambhava | 50 |
| Pt. 3 | Termas: Purpose, Concealment and Discovery | |
| 1 | Termas: Purpose and Transmission | 57 |
| 2 | Concealment of Termas | 67 |
| 3 | Discovery of Termas | 71 |
| Pt. 4 | The Text of Wonder Ocean | |
| 1 | Authenticity and Transmission | 101 |
| 2 | Script, Concealment and Protection | 111 |
| 3 | Terma Texts and Scripts | 115 |
| 4 | Classification and Transcription of Terma Scripts | 126 |
| 5 | Discovery and Reconcealment of Termas | 137 |
| 6 | Purpose and Greatness of Concealment | 145 |
| 7 | False Termas | 154 |
| 8 | Tertons and Doctrine-holders | 157 |
| 9 | Mind and Earth Termas | 164 |
| 10 | Terma System in the New Tantric Tradition | 167 |
| 11 | Purpose of this Text, and Colophon | 168 |
| App. 1 | Bon Rituals in Ter Teachings | 173 |
| App. 2 | Description of Empowerment of Rig dzin Du pa | 177 |
| App. 3 | Categories of Texts in The Collection of Ancient Tantras | 182 |
| App. 4 | Categories of Texts in The Collection of Canonical Literature | 184 |
| App. 5 | Categories of Texts in The Precious Treasury of Discovered Termas | 186 |
| App. 6 | Names of Earth, Mind and Pure Vision Tertons | 189 |
| Key to Abbreviations | 205 | |
| Bibliography of Works Cited | 209 | |
| Notes | 219 | |
| Glossary | 265 | |
| Index | 281 |
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Posted October 22, 2009
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