“How can it be one’s destiny’, I asked, ‘to open a beyul and fail?’ Both Tulshuk Lingpa and Dorje Dechen Lingpa were tertons, both found terma and both knew from within the way to Demoshong. It appears they were even attempting the same gate on the same snowy slope. How can you fail your destiny?’

Rigzin sat silently collecting his thoughts before speaking ‘Seeds—like wheat or corn—have the power within them to grow. But what is within the seed is not enough. Doesn’t every seed need the proper soil and the right amount of water and sun? Asis is for the seed, so it is for the terton. To discover terma, the terton must have the proper conditions. Both of these lamas had the karma to find the Hidden Land but nothing stands in isolation. Buddhism teaches the interdependence of all things. For the seed within any of us to grow, it needs proper conditions. Seeds need water. Tertons need not only a female consort, or khandro, to open a beyul. They also need disciples with unflinching faith.’

— A Step Away from Paradise by Thomas K. Shor, Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo (Page 234)