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  • Dalai Lama anoints US-born Mongolian boy third highest leader in Buddhism
  • Move likely to irk China

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Dalai Lama names US-born Mongolian boy third highest leader in Buddhism: report

The move to anoint the boy as the third highest lama is likely to irk China, which has maintained that it will only recognise Buddhist leaders chosen by its own government.

Dalai Lama names US-born Mongolian boy third highest leader in Buddhism: report

An eight-year-old boy born in Mongolia but raised in the US has been named as the reincarnation of third most important spiritual leader in Tibetan Buddhism by the Dalai Lama.

As per a report published in the Times, the spiritual leader was seen pictured with the boy taking part in the ceremony in Dharamshala in Himachal Pradesh, recognising the boy as the 10th Khalkha Jetsun Dhampa Rinpoche.

The unveiling ceremony reportedly took place on March 8 in Dharamshala in the presence of close to 600 followers, the report added.

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