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

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https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/new-dalai-lama-mongolia-boy-tibet-b2308510.html

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

Eight-year-old boy named 10th Khalkha Jetsun Dhampa Rinpoche, inviting possible rebuke from China

Joe Sommerlad
2 hours ago

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.

Mongolian media reports suggest the child is one of a pair of twin boys named Aguidai and Achiltai Altannar, sons of Altannar Chinchuluun and Monkhnasan Narmandakh, a university mathematics professor and a national resources conglomerate executive, respectively.

The boy’s grandmother, Garamjav Tseden, is meanwhile a former member of parliament.

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[Effete Snob]

1. What a thing to do to a kid

Everybody likes this guy, but what they do to these children is shameful.

[mopinko]

2. so another male child.

i thought the dali lama said they were gonna start testing female children.

[applegrove]

3. Watch out for Chinese kidnappers. He's going to need security from here on in.

Vibes to the child and his family.

[Effete Snob]

6. The kid is screwed anyway

An entire life he did not choose and cannot control lies ahead of him. All because of idiotic superstition.

[Shipwack]

4. That poor child... nt

[Major Nikon]

5. I was kinda hoping for the job myself

Had some big plans

[niyad]

7. That poor child!

[sunflowerseed]

8. Don't be so negative, no one knows,

It may be the best thing that ever happened to him.