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sl8

(16,245 posts)
Mon Mar 27, 2023, 05:25 AM Mar 2023

US child named reincarnation of Buddhist spiritual leader by the Dalai Lama

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/new-dalai-lama-mongolia-boy-tibet-b2308510.html

US child named reincarnation of Buddhist spiritual leader by the Dalai Lama

Eight-year-old boy named 10th Khalkha Jetsun Dhampa Rinpoche, inviting possible rebuke from China

Joe Sommerlad
2 hours ago

A Mongolian boy born in the US has been named as the reincarnation of the third most important spiritual leader in Tibetan Buddhism by the Dalai Lama.

The faith’s spiritual leader has been pictured with the eight-year-old boy taking part in a ceremony in Dharamshala in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh – where the Dalai Lama, 87, lives in exile – recognising him as the 10th Khalkha Jetsun Dhampa Rinpoche, according to The Times.

Mongolian media reports suggest the child is one of a pair of twin boys named Aguidai and Achiltai Altannar, sons of Altannar Chinchuluun and Monkhnasan Narmandakh, a university mathematics professor and a national resources conglomerate executive, respectively.

The boy’s grandmother, Garamjav Tseden, is meanwhile a former member of parliament.

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US child named reincarnation of Buddhist spiritual leader by the Dalai Lama (Original Post) sl8 Mar 2023 OP
What a thing to do to a kid Effete Snob Mar 2023 #1
so another male child. mopinko Mar 2023 #2
Watch out for Chinese kidnappers. He's going to need security from here on in. applegrove Mar 2023 #3
The kid is screwed anyway Effete Snob Mar 2023 #6
That poor child... nt Shipwack Mar 2023 #4
I was kinda hoping for the job myself Major Nikon Mar 2023 #5
That poor child! niyad Mar 2023 #7
Don't be so negative, no one knows, sunflowerseed Mar 2023 #8
 

Effete Snob

(8,387 posts)
1. What a thing to do to a kid
Mon Mar 27, 2023, 06:29 AM
Mar 2023

Everybody likes this guy, but what they do to these children is shameful.

mopinko

(71,802 posts)
2. so another male child.
Mon Mar 27, 2023, 07:38 AM
Mar 2023

i thought the dali lama said they were gonna start testing female children.

applegrove

(123,117 posts)
3. Watch out for Chinese kidnappers. He's going to need security from here on in.
Mon Mar 27, 2023, 08:18 AM
Mar 2023

Vibes to the child and his family.

 

Effete Snob

(8,387 posts)
6. The kid is screwed anyway
Mon Mar 27, 2023, 08:37 AM
Mar 2023

An entire life he did not choose and cannot control lies ahead of him. All because of idiotic superstition.

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