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<p><strong>Creator's Description</strong>: A <em>ma 'das sprul sku</em> is a non-hereditary reincarnate lama (<em>sprul sku</em>) who assumes his or her predecessor's status, but who takes birth before his or her predecessor's death. This paper presents ten oral histories of <em>ma 'das sprul sku</em>s and examines what they and their narrators reveal about the logic of transference in establishing the personhood of a <em>ma 'das sprul sku</em>, how <em>ma 'das sprul sku</em> personhood may challenge conventional understandings of <em>sprul sku</em> personhood and temporality, <em>ma 'das sprul sku</em> and their creators as reflective agents, and what the dearth of <em>ma 'das sprul sku</em> hagiographies may imply. (2013-07-01)</p>