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Tantrism is also the source of the male and female symbols of the thunderbolt (vajra, also called dorje) and the bell (ghanta), usually present in Buddhist ceremonies, and of the system of lamas or high priests, who are held to be reincarnations of holy men.
In Italy, a country which the Dalai Lama visited this week, La Repubblica of Rome reported Friday that the Italian government has decided to extend the same privileges to Buddhist lamas and Zen masters that it allows to Christian and Jewish religious leaders, including tax breaks and the right of access to hospitals and prisons.
Who are all these lamas?
His most recent work, a portfolio in The New Yorker (which hired him in 1992 as its first staff photographer) is called "Revelations," and it consists of pictures of Indian pilgrims, Buddhist lamas, Catholic priests, and other believers.
Most lamas are believed to be reincarnations of previous lamas or holy men, and their places in the hierarchy are determined by these reincarnated identities.