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Tibetan Buddhists believe that people go through a cycle of reincarnation. This means that those who have died are reborn in new bodies. This process continues until a person achieves true wisdom and leaves behind the cycle of death and rebirth. But Tibetan Buddhists believe the cycle of death and rebirth is different for the : he has already achieved true wisdom and chooses to stay on Earth to help others. This difference means that when the Dalai Lama is reborn, he remembers his past lives. Children born around the time of the Dalai Lama's death are tested to see if they have his soul within them. A common test involves showing a child a group of objects. The child then tries to identify which ones belonged to the last Dalai Lama. When a child can correctly choose the objects owned by the previous Dalai Lama, this is seen as proof that he remembers having lived as the Dalai Lama before.