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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Joe Sommerlad

US child named reincarnation of Buddhist spiritual leader by the Dalai Lama

Tenzin Choejor/The Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama

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 faith’s 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.

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