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Related: About this forumUS 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.htmlUS 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 faiths 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 boys grandmother, Garamjav Tseden, is meanwhile a former member of parliament.
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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 faiths 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 boys 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
Watch out for Chinese kidnappers. He's going to need security from here on in.
applegrove
Mar 2023
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Effete Snob
(8,387 posts)1. What a thing to do to a kid
Everybody likes this guy, but what they do to these children is shameful.
mopinko
(71,681 posts)2. so another male child.
i thought the dali lama said they were gonna start testing female children.
applegrove
(122,934 posts)3. Watch out for Chinese kidnappers. He's going to need security from here on in.
Vibes to the child and his family.
Effete Snob
(8,387 posts)6. The kid is screwed anyway
An entire life he did not choose and cannot control lies ahead of him. All because of idiotic superstition.
Shipwack
(2,301 posts)4. That poor child... nt
Major Nikon
(36,899 posts)5. I was kinda hoping for the job myself
Had some big plans
niyad
(119,545 posts)7. That poor child!
sunflowerseed
(307 posts)8. Don't be so negative, no one knows,
It may be the best thing that ever happened to him.