Brainwave
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Tibetan scholar Hubert Decleer has been with the School for International Training's Tibetan and Himalayan study abroad program since 1987. He explores the history of the discovery process, the recognition and enthronement of reincarnated masters long believed to be purely "a Tibetan political innovation," and the "invention of a tradition." The Dalai Lama has mentioned a Hindu precedent in the life of Dharmakirti and a Buddhist, one exemplified by the life of Vasubandu's disciple, Sthiramati. He did not refer to the more obvious case of Candragomin, or to the first textual proof of a reincarnate master in the Sanskritic Buddhist world.
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41 min 3 sec
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