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Related: About this forumThe Littlest Lama? Boy believed to be Buddhist guru reincarnate
STAR TRIBUNE (Minneapolis)
January 21, 2012 12:15 AM
MINNEAPOLIS -- It's morning time and a little boy with a shaved head and a face shaped like the moon chants a Tibetan prayer.
His high-pitched voice echoes inside the Columbia Heights, Minn., bedroom that his father has transformed into a lavish prayer room. In here, the 5-year-old forsakes his cartoons and toys to study scripture and learn to pray the Buddhist way.
Big for his age, he looks bigger still perched on an ornate chair draped in crimson and saffron robes. "Only for lamas," explains his father, Dorje Tsegyal, sitting cross-legged on the floor at his son's feet.
Jalue Dorjee, you see, is believed to be no ordinary boy.
http://www.news-journalonline.com/lifestyle/religion/2012/01/21/the-littlest-lama-boy-believed-to-be-buddhist-guru-reincarnate.html

TigerToMany
(124 posts)I admire the spirituality of the Tibetan people. The deepness of their faith, the unique spirituality of this ancient people should inspire everyone. I wish this young child the very best.
VKaz
(12 posts)What happens when he turns 18 and he decides that being a Lama isn't really for him?
ellisonz
(27,765 posts)...unlike the PRC where he would be thrown in prison if he didn't toe the party line. I don't think it would be likely he would make a decision to not be a Lama.