These figures are often given the honorific title of rinpoche, or "precious one," when they achieve the status of tulkus.
Along with the yidam and the cheuchong or guardians, this term is given to one of the "three roots" of Buddhism, and is held to thaw out the frozen places within one's heart. One figure with this title wrote a work called "The Golden Rosary" and was named Taranatha - that one founded the Kuren monastery in the 16th century, and was followed by successors at Urga. These figures are often given the honorific title of rinpoche, or "precious one," when they achieve the status of tulkus. They belonged to an order of Tsong-Kha-Pa known as the Yellow Hats, a branch of the Gelugpa school. One of them traditionally sat at the Tashilhumpo Monastery, while another once resided at the Potala Palace, until his exile after the uprising at Lhasa. For 10 points, name this religious office of Tibetan Buddhism, represented by the Panchen and Dalai ones.
Along with the yidam and the cheuchong or guardians, this term is given to one of the "three roots" of Buddhism, and is held to thaw out the frozen places within one's heart.
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