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Taktser Rinpoche

Taktser Rinpoche is a Tibetan lama. Thupten Jigme Norbu, the brother of Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet is recognized in Tibetan Buddhism as his reincarnation. (more)

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