NEPAL. Bodnath. Ka Nying Shedrup Ling Monastery. Khyentse YANGSI Rinpoche (2 ans et demi) vient d'être reconnu Tulku, il n'est pas encore intronisé. Il rentrera plus tard au monastère de Shechen. Il porte une feuille de prière à sa tête en signe de révérence.
Two or three years after their death, important lamas are reincarnated in the body of a child. The search for this child is based on the information left by the lama himself: dreams, visions and the intuition of other lamas. The Tulkus are discovered at 3 or 4 years of age, declared at about 4 or 5 and then enter the monastery at the age of 6.
According to the rules of the monastery, each Tulku is instructed by a tutor and is either prevented or restricted from seeing other young monks from its age group. All the Tulkus are called Rinpoche which means "the precious one".