On Apr 7, 2006, at 8:00 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: > Or, much better, read: "The Fourteen Dalai Lamas: A > Sacred Legacy of Reincarnation," by Dalai Lama XIV, > Glenn H. Mullin, and Valerie Shepherd. > > This book lists the historical "tests" that were > performed to verify that the kid named as the rein- > carnation of the previous Dalai Lama really was. > Unlike the "movie version," the tests often went > on for a month, five or six such tests per day. > Failing *any* of them meant that the kid was not > the right one. > > It's an odd science, but as far as I can tell, a > real one.
Glenn is an excellent translator, I'll get a copy of this one. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/