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Karmapa Lama (left) and Tibet's exiled Buddhist spiritual leader the Dalai Lama arrive at the Kangra airport on the outskirts of the northern Indian hilltown of Dharamsala May 16, 2011
Friday, Jul. 29, 2011

Open quoteYou could say he's in his 20s and he's 900 years old at the same time.Close quote

  • LAMA KATHY WESLEY,
  • American Tibetan Buddhist, commenting on a young Tibetan Lama, the 26-year-old Ogyen Trinley Dorje, who is being groomed for leadership by the Dalai Lama; Dorje is deemed to be the 17th reincarnation of the revered Buddhist figure Karmapa
Photo: Stringer / Reuters | Source: New York Times