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Our Nyingma teachings may be divided into the kahma teachings of the long oral lineage and the terma, or treasure texts, of the short lineage. The kahma embodies the teachings that have been transmitted from mouth to ear, from Samantabhadra right down to our present root teachers, without interruption. Within this cycle, the principal teachings18 are the mahayoga tantra, The Phantasmagorical Net; the anuyoga tantra, The Essential Compilation; and the atiyoga teachings, which correspond to the tantras, their commentaries, and the essential instructions.19 The printed canon of Nyingma tantras contains over 440 different texts.20 There exists an enormous number of other tantras
--- Dudjom Rinpoche 'Counsels from My Heart'
