Some particulars of the signs by which the authenticity of the reincarnation was attested ... telling the beads and repeating the Buddhist formula “Om Mane Padme Hum”. In a further test ...

Humans go through an unknown number of cycles of rebirth over many lifetimes. Skilful actions lead to a good rebirth and unskilful actions lead to a bad rebirth. Through doing skilful actions in ...

Translations of recitations in Pali are in italics. Langer, Rita. Buddhist Rituals of Death and Rebirth: Contemporary Sri Lankan practice and its origins (London: Routledge, 2007). It is now planned ...

Sogyal Lakar, a Tibetan Buddhist teacher accused of widespread ... Getty Images Lakar was believed to be the 13th reincarnation of Tertön Sogyal Lerab Lingpa, a teacher of the 13th Dalai Lama.

When Jalue Dorje was 2 years old the Dalai Lama recognized him as the lama’s reincarnation. He just celebrated his 18th ...