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The search for a dalai lama’s rebirth is an elaborate and sacred process.
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Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 3 July 2025
During Sunday's ceremony, hundreds of red-robed monks and nuns joined the celebration as Tibetan musicians played traditional instruments and senior lamas struck cymbals in his honor.
—Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 July 2025
Historically, dalai lamas and panchen lamas have acted as mentors to each other and played a part in identifying or endorsing each other’s reincarnations – a close relationship likened by Tibetans to the sun and the moon.
—Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 3 July 2025
Since annexing Tibet in the 1950s, Beijing has insisted that all reincarnations of high lamas—including the Dalai Lama—must receive government approval.
—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 June 2025
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Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 3 July 2025
During Sunday's ceremony, hundreds of red-robed monks and nuns joined the celebration as Tibetan musicians played traditional instruments and senior lamas struck cymbals in his honor.
—Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 July 2025
Historically, dalai lamas and panchen lamas have acted as mentors to each other and played a part in identifying or endorsing each other’s reincarnations – a close relationship likened by Tibetans to the sun and the moon.
—Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 3 July 2025
Since annexing Tibet in the 1950s, Beijing has insisted that all reincarnations of high lamas—including the Dalai Lama—must receive government approval.
—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 June 2025
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“Lama.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lama. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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lama
noun
la·ma
ˈläm-ə 
: a Lamaist monk
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