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If the wind didn't wave his orange clothing, he would appear to be frozen in time.

Many Tibetan Buddhist monks before and after Ras Reng Ring Pocce would venture to this lake

in search of wisdom and spiritual guidance. Surrounded by mountain peaks, the lake was ever changing.

One moment, it might be gloomy beneath the shadow of clouds. And the next, it might be bright

and rippling in the wind. As the environment shifted, meditating monks could see images,

flashes of insight on the surface of the water. That's exactly why Ras Reng Ring Pocce came here.

After a lifetime of training and hours of stillness beside the lake, he saw something.

In his mind's eye, a monastery appeared marked by a golden-jade green roof.

He saw a house with gutters made of juniper, a rarity in this part of the world.

Lastly, he saw three Tibetan letters, R, Car and Mar. He knew this was an important insight,

perhaps the most important one he would ever have. So, who began the trek back to his home

monastery to tell his fellow monks? Little did he know that a child had recently been born in

that very home depicted in his vision. After the death of the 13th Dalai Lama, a few years prior,

a search party assembled to find his replacement. According to Tibetan Buddhism, after the Dalai Lama's

death, his spirit reincarnates as a newborn baby. Finding this child is no small task,

since the Dalai Lama is the foremost religious leader of Tibetan Buddhism.

Ras Reng Ring Pocce's home monastery was also deep in the Himalayan mountains, not far from the

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