Get to know Tulku better with 6 real example sentences, the meaning.
Tulku meaning
A high-ranking lama who can choose the manner of his or her rebirth.
Using Tulku
- The main meaning on this page is: A high-ranking lama who can choose the manner of his or her rebirth.
Context around Tulku
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 1 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Tulku
- In this selection, "tulku" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 26.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, demo, continent, ringu, featuring, system and states stand out and add context to how "tulku" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include be a tulku a reincarnated and fifth continent tulku featuring a. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "tulku" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aage and aardvarks, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with tulku
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Tib.: tulku, Wylie: sprul-ku Moreover, that even this is a distinctly Tibetan development is disputable. (16 words)
Ringu Tulku states: :We create karma in three different ways, through actions that are positive, negative, or neutral. (18 words)
Mullin 2001, p.87 Tsongkhapa largely modelled his new, reformed Gelugpa school on the Kadampa tradition and he also refrained from starting a tulku system. (25 words)
His second Regent Demo Tulku was the biographer of the 8th and 9th Dalai Lamas and though the 9th died at the age of 9 his biography is as lengthy as those of many of the early Dalai Lamas. (39 words)
Arguably, then, this was Seagal’s most controversial year since the one in which he was formally declared to be a tulku – a reincarnated lama – by the oldest sect of Tibetan Buddhism. (32 words)
It focuses on the attempted resurrection of the three Serpent Riders by the evil wizard Praevus, and takes place in a fifth continent, Tulku, featuring a Sino Tibetan setting. (29 words)
Example sentences (6)
Arguably, then, this was Seagal’s most controversial year since the one in which he was formally declared to be a tulku – a reincarnated lama – by the oldest sect of Tibetan Buddhism.
His second Regent Demo Tulku was the biographer of the 8th and 9th Dalai Lamas and though the 9th died at the age of 9 his biography is as lengthy as those of many of the early Dalai Lamas.
It focuses on the attempted resurrection of the three Serpent Riders by the evil wizard Praevus, and takes place in a fifth continent, Tulku, featuring a Sino Tibetan setting.
Mullin 2001, p.87 Tsongkhapa largely modelled his new, reformed Gelugpa school on the Kadampa tradition and he also refrained from starting a tulku system.
Ringu Tulku states: :We create karma in three different ways, through actions that are positive, negative, or neutral.
Tib.: tulku, Wylie: sprul-ku Moreover, that even this is a distinctly Tibetan development is disputable.