Tulkus

tulkus: Tibetan term for great lamas who reincarnate to continue teaching their followers and who usually leave instructions on how find them in their new births. Only the first person in a line of reincarnations is the actual "tulku," but the term is applied more broadly.

See also; "nirmanakaya" and “rinpoche.”

see; Tulku

Source

[buddhism.org]