A U.S.-born Buddhist lama celebrated his 18th birthday with an elaborate enthronement ceremony. Hundreds attended the event at the Tibetan American Foundation of Minnesota. It's the last big party for Jalue Dorje before he joins a monastery in the Himalayan foothills — thousands of miles from his home in suburban Minneapolis.
A U.S.-born Buddhist lama, who grew up a typical American teen in a Minneapolis suburb, celebrated his 18th birthday and enthronement ceremony. Hundreds attended the event that would be the last party before Jalue Dorje joins a monastery in the Himalayan foothills. U.S.-born Buddhist lama, Jalue Dorje, right, and a member of the Minnesota Tibetan community bow and touch foreheads in a traditional Tibetan greeting at his 18th birthday and enthronement ceremony in Isanti, Minn., on Saturday, Nov.
One of his buddies gave him shaker bottles for hydrating during training at the gym; another, a gift card to eat at Chipotle Mexican Grill. “As a child, even on the weekend, you’re like: ‘Why don’t I get to sleep more? Why can’t I get up and watch cartoons like other kids.’ But my dad always told me that it’s like planting a seed,” he said, “and one day it’s going to sprout.”
Dorje is fluent in English and Tibetan. He grew up reading the manga graphic novel series ″Buddha,” and is an avid sports fan. He roots for the Timberwolves in basketball, Real Madrid in soccer, and the Atlanta Falcons in football. He even keeps a rookie card of wide receiver Drake Londo pasted to the back of his phone, which he carried wrapped in his robes during his party.
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