The highest-ranking Buddhist lamas are tulkus, meaning they're these of previous lamas
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And Changtso Lobsang Yeshi, the highest ranking person at Pomra... [DOC] [TLE] The Next Incarnation - The New Yorker [PAR] Oct 4, 2010 ... As the Dalai Lama turns seventy-five, what is Tibet's future?