reincarnate

Norbu is a recognized tulku (also trulku), a reincarnate master.

The target of the harassment, Alyce Zeoli, is "an enthroned tulku or reincarnate master who was enthroned in 1988 as a reincarnate llama."

That's because anyone who believes they are "an enthroned tulku or reincarnate master who was enthroned in 1988 as a reincarnate llama" needs to see a psychiatrist.

Followers believe that the Karmapa's appearance as the first historical consciously reincarnate teacher was predicted by the Buddha in the Samadhiraja Sutra (lit: Discourse on the Kings of Meditative Concentration).

Although he himself possessed unimpeded insight and had the power to authoritatively recognize and enthrone tulkus, which he occasionally did as he foresaw would be helpful, Lama Gönpo did not consider his own enthronement as a reincarnate master to be necessary and so dispensed with that formality.