Auspicious Signs: How the Dalai Lama is Identified
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Fourteen Dalai Lamas have guided Tibet's Buddhists for the past six centuries, which believers say are reincarnations of each other, identified in opaque processes ranging from auspicious signs to divination. China says Tibet is an integral part of the country, and many exiled Tibetans fear Beijing will name a rival successor, bolstering control ...