Friday, November 14, 2008

Buddha of Dzangar Lamasery


Living Buddha of Dzangar Lamasery with a young tulku in front of his yurt (Mongol tent)
1926, by Joseph Rock

According Rock's diary, the old Living Buddha's name being Lakatsang, is eighty-one year old. The boy standing by is a young tulku, or living incarnation of a Bodhisattva.

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