Today he is a high school football player. Soon he’ll be a Buddhist lama in the Himalayas
After graduation in 2025, he’ll head to northern India to join the Mindrolling Monastery, more than 7,200 miles (11,500 ...
Teen Buddhist lama celebrates last birthday in Minnesota before move to Himalayas
Jalue Dorje knew it would be the last big party before he joins a monastery in the Himalayan foothills -- thousands of miles from his home in the Minneapolis suburb of Columbia Heights, where he grew ...
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Not your average 18th birthday: Teen Buddhist lama celebrates in the U.S. before joining Himalayan monastery
Jalue Dorje grew up like a typical American teen playing football and listening to rap music in a Minneapolis suburb. After ...
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Teen Buddhist Lama Celebrates Last Birthday in the US Before Joining Himalayan Monastery
Read about the extraordinary coming-of-age story of Jalue Dorje, a young Buddhist lama recognized by the Dalai Lama as a ...
Teenage Buddhist lama celebrates last birthday in the U.S. before joining monastery in the Himalayas
Jalue Dorje has spent much of his life training to become a monk, memorizing sacred scriptures, learning Buddha's teachings ...
Teenage Buddhist Lama Celebrates Last Birthday in US Before Joining Himalayan Monastery
The youthful Buddhist lama sat on a throne near an altar decorated with flowers, fruits and golden statues of the Buddha, ...
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U.S. teenage Buddhist lama joining monastery in the Himalayas
ISANTI, Minn. (AP) — The young Buddhist lama sat on a throne near an altar decorated with flowers, fruits and golden statues ...