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tülku
tülku (Tib., sprul-sku). Literally, ‘Emanation Body’, the term is descriptive of certain teachers in Tibet who are thought to reincarnate over a number of generations. Though known in principle in India, the tülku system was first formally developed and adopted in Tibet by members of the Karma-kagyü lineage and then spread to the other schools of Buddhism.
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DAMIEN KEOWN. "tülku." A Dictionary of Buddhism. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. DAMIEN KEOWN. "tülku." A Dictionary of Buddhism. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O108-tlku.html DAMIEN KEOWN. "tülku." A Dictionary of Buddhism. 2004. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O108-tlku.html |
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Tulku
Tulku (Tib., sprul.sku., ‘Transformation Body’). A title applied in Tibetan Buddhism to a reincarnate lama, i.e. to one who is understood to have already attained lamahood in a previous life. Thus the present fourteenth Dalai Lama, for example, is considered to be the same ‘person’ as the first Dalai Lama, successively reincarnating within the same office.
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JOHN BOWKER. "Tulku." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN BOWKER. "Tulku." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O101-Tulku.html JOHN BOWKER. "Tulku." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O101-Tulku.html |
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