Also known as trulku, Tülku, tülku, tulku
A tulku (, also tülku, trulku) is an individual recognized as the reincarnation of a previous spiritual master (lama), and expected to be reincarnated, in turn, after death. The tulku is a distinctive and significant aspect of Tibetan Buddhism, embodying the concept of enlightened beings taking corporeal forms to continue the lineage of specific teachings. "Tulku" is a transcription of the Tibetan སྤྲུལ་སྐུ ("sprul sku"), which originally referred to an emperor or ruler taking human form on Earth, signifying a divine incarnation. Over time, it evolved within Tibetan Buddhism to denote the corp
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- Said to be same as
- Nirmāṇakāya
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- Category:Tulkus
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- Tulkus
- native label
- སྤྲུལ་སྐུ་
- facet of
- Tibetan Buddhism
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