Source: The Martha's Vineyard Times
http://www.mvtimes.com/calendar/2008/09/11/buddhist-ceremony.php
Close to 50 Islanders and visitors who practice Buddhist meditation and philosophy at the Bodhi Path Buddhist Center in West Tisbury attended a unique event this past Sunday, Sept. 7.
Two-year-old Yeshe Dorje, the son of Andrea Strimling and Lama Tsering Ngodup of Arlington, who teaches Buddhist philosophy and meditation at The Bodhi Tree in Cambridge, was officially recognized as a tulku, a reincarnated lama.
Bodhi Path Center member Barbara Dacey reported that the young tulku was identified as such by ShaMar Rinpoche, founder of the center and the third highest lama of Tibet, who presided over the ceremony. For many, the recognition is difficult to understand, as it involves the ability of those who have reached enlightenment to perceive the intangible - an historic gift that is part of the Buddhist practice.