TENZIN GYATSO, THE FOURTEENTH DALAI LAMA

John Powers

doi:10.4324/9781315688114-52

TENZIN GYATSO, THE FOURTEENTH DALAI LAMA

John Powers^*

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The Tibetan institution of reincarnating lamas (sprul sku; pronounced tülku) began in the thirteenth century when Rangjung Dorje (Rang ’byung rdo rje, 1284-1339) was recognized as the rebirth (yang srid) of Karma Pakshi (1204/6-1283) and thus became the third Gyelwa Karmapa (rGyal dbang Karmapa). There were previous examples of people being identified with deceased masters and some unofficial recognitions of rebirths, but this was the first case of a such a recognition of a child. In making this move, the Karma Kagyu (Karma bKa’ brgyud) order was taking a significant gamble: If the boy had turned out to be a reprobate or a fool – or even if he were merely of mediocre abilities and unable to meet the high expectations expected of Karma Pakshi’s successor – it could have been disastrous for them.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Buddhist World
Publisher	Taylor and Francis
Pages	629-640
Number of pages	12
ISBN (Electronic)	9781317420170
ISBN (Print)	9780415610445
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315688114-52
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2015

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