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Minnesota Lama

This fourth-grader is recognized as the eighth reincarnation of the first Takshem Lama.

Aired 08/11/2016 | Rating NR

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Minnesota Lama

Clip: 8/11/2016 | 6m 50s

This fourth-grader is recognized as the eighth reincarnation of the first Takshem Lama.

There is a nine-year-old boy in a suburb of Minneapolis who is training to be a Buddhist priest.  And not just any Buddhist priest. Jalue Dorje has been recognized as the 8th reincarnation of the first Takshem Lama, who lived in the 16th century.  Correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro tells the story.

Aired 08/11/2016 | Rating NR

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