found: Work cat.: Mackenzie, V. Reborn in the West : the reincarnation masters, 1995:p. 214 (Rinpoche : a recognized reincarnate lama; Tulku: see: Rinpoche)
found: Britannica Micro.:p. 488 (Reincarnate lamas; Sprul-sku; themajor system of succession for heads of religious orders and monasteries, the highest lineage of the reincarnate lamas is that of the Dalai Lama; the second is the Panchen Lama with lesser (sprul-sku) lamas revered as reincarnations of great saints or teachers and ranked by the Dalai Lama as great, middle or lesser incarnations)
found: Britannica Macro.:p. 1118-1119, under art. for Tibetan Buddhism (special system of reincarnating lamas of which there are several hundreds; "lesser" reincarnating lamas (sprul-sku) are normally principals of monastaries)
found: Abingdon dic. of living religions, c1981(Lama; term used to designate all monks in Tibetan Buddhism; strictly speaking it should be used only for those regarded as reincarnations of a Bodhisattva; the monastic orders have hierarchies of lamas; each rank rep. a particular expression of Buddhahood)
