The 1970s–1980s Tibetan Buddhist tulku recognition narratives in Indian exile communities

Record summary

Tibetan exile communities in India documented dreams, visions, divinations, and signs used in identifying reincarnate lamas during the 1970s and 1980s. Cases associated with the Karma Kagyu, Gelug, Nyingma, and Sakya traditions provide named institutions and participants, though individual recognition controversies differ. These accounts are valuable for comparing institutionalized visionary authority with informal apparition reports. The evidence is religious and historical rather than experimental; records may be restricted, retrospective, sectarian, or shaped by disputes over lineage legitimacy.