![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In 1284, Rangjung Dorje was selected as the reincarnation of his Kagyu predecessor, becoming the first reincarnated Rinpoche in Tibet.īefore then, Tibetan Buddhism relied on father-to-son and master-to-disciple transmission. "The establishment of the reincarnation system is a contribution from the Kagyu school," said Chamdoi, head of the Tsurpu Monastery Buddhist College of the Kaguy school. Tibetan Buddhism has four main schools, Gelug, Nyingma, Sakya and Kagyu. The first to implement the reincarnation system was not the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism, to which the 14th Dalai Lama belongs. Tibetan Buddhism holds that the soul of a senior lama, or Rinpoche (living Buddha), is reincarnated in the body of a child upon death. The place is Takster Village, Ping'an County, 50 km from Xining, capital of Qinghai Province. The 14th Dalai Lama was then a three-year-old boy called Lhamo Thonodup. "It is right here that he correctly picked out objects used by the 13th Dalai Lama," he said. The original shabby cottage was turned into a new hall thanks to Gonpo Tashi. The shining refurbished compound has retained its original look with Tibetan decorative paintings, including Buddhas, monkey and elephant deities.Ī simple temple-like building in the compound is the birthplace of the 14th Dalai Lama. Gonpo Tashi, 70, a nephew of the 14th Dalai Lama and his only close relative in China, has been taking care of the old residence where the Tibetan spiritual leader was born and spent his first years. The 14th Dalai Lama's birthplace lies under a swath of red hills in China's remote northwestern province of Qinghai. ![]()
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