| LC control no. | sh 96001256 |
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| Topical heading | Reincarnate lamas |
| Variant(s) | Reincarnated lamas Reincarnating lamas Sprul-sku lamas |
| See also | Lamas |
| Found in | Work cat.: Mackenzie, V. Reborn in the West : the reincarnation masters, 1995: p. 214 (Rinpoche : a recognized reincarnate lama; Tulku: see: Rinpoche) Britannica Micro.: p. 488 (Reincarnate lamas; Sprul-sku; themajor system of succession for heads of religious orders and monasteries, the highest lineage of the reincarnate lamas is that of the Dalai Lama; the second is the Panchen Lama with lesser (sprul-sku) lamas revered as reincarnations of great saints or teachers and ranked by the Dalai Lama as great, middle or lesser incarnations) Britannica Macro.: p. 1118-1119, under art. for Tibetan Buddhism (special system of reincarnating lamas of which there are several hundreds; "lesser" reincarnating lamas (sprul-sku) are normally principals of monastaries) Abingdon dic. of living religions, c1981 (Lama; term used to designate all monks in Tibetan Buddhism; strictly speaking it should be used only for those regarded as reincarnations of a Bodhisattva; the monastic orders have hierarchies of lamas; each rank rep. a particular expression of Buddhahood) |
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