Gen Z high school grad tapped as reincarnated Buddhist lama balances love for NFL with religious studies: ‘Dudes are dudes!’

A Minnesota high school graduate who followers say is a reincarnated Buddhist lama left home to study in Tibet — but still keeps up with pop culture in the US. 

Jalue Dorje, 19, blessed thousands of worshippers in the Himalayan foothills this month, just one part of the religious duties that he’s been preparing for most of his life.

But Dorje is still a Gen Z teenager whose encyclopedic knowledge extends to all things sports — with a love of rap and video games to boot.

The Dalai Lama and and other Tibetan Buddhist leaders named Dorje when he was just 2-years old as a reincarnated lama, formally known as a “tulku.” The lamas are believed to voluntarily reincarnate to continue their studies and spiritual teachings — carrying the heavy