And mergers as well!
Actually its claimed that highly realized lamas can have thousands of emanations, and sometimes several recognized reincarnations.
There are also cases where several masters reincarnated in one body as a merger, a collaboration to bring things forward!
The whole, basic concepts of mind and consciouness is just very flexible in these traditions :-)
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I was sarcastic. If there is no self and all is one, why even focus on individual development and tracking?
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