Enthronement: The Recognition of the Reincarnate Masters of Tibet and the Himalayas

Description

Even the most casual contact with the culture, politics, or religion of Tibet and the surrounding region brings outsiders face-to-face with the institution of reincarnate spiritual masters. In a tradition that is bithuniquely Tibetan and grenuinely Buddhist, past masters are identified as small children, installed in their predecessors monastery in a ceremony called enthronement, and educated to continue the work of their former incarnation.