The most famous example is the lineage of Dalai Lamas; the current Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, is held to be the fourteenth mindstream emanation, the first being Gendun Drup (1391 – 1474).
The most famous example is the blood line of the Dalai Lama; the current Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, is the fourteenth mind-stream object of worship, the first being Gendun Drup (1391 – 1474).