Word: chenrezi
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...time. Finally, the lamas examined the child for the eight birthmarks that reputedly identify the Dalai Lama. From large protruding ears and marks like a tiger's skin on his legs to two vestigal bits of skin on his shoulders representing the third and fouth arms of the Bodhisattva Chenrezi, the child had every mark. The lamas then recognized the boy as the reincarnation of the Thirteenth Dalai Lama and took him back to the capital. At age four and a half, Tenzin Gyatso entered the city and began his training as the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, spiritual and political ruler...
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