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A '''Hobilghan''' (variously spelled as hobilhan, hubilgan, khubilgan, hubilkhan or khubilkhan) is a name for the higher and initiated Lamas of Tibet.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. XIII (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1982), 330.</ref> This term is related to the idea of high lamas being the "incarnations" of different Buddhas.
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== Divine Reincarnations ==
 
A Tibetan Buddhist teaching is that some high lamas can be the reincarnation of different [[Buddha]]s of [[Bodhisattva]]s. In relation to this, [[H. P. Blavatsky]] wrote:
 
<blockquote>The Taley-Lamas of Tibet claim to be [reincarnations] of Buddha. The latter, by the way, are loosely called Shaberons and Hubilgans (both in various degrees reincarnations, not of Buddha, the MAN, but of his Buddha-like divine spirit).<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. III (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1995), 179.</ref></blockquote>
 
The "reincarnations" of the "buddha-like spirit" at the time in Tibet were described by her as follows:
 
<blockquote>These five “Hubilgans” are distributed in the following order:<br>
(1) Taley-Lama, of Lhasa, the incarnation of the “Spiritual passive wisdom,”—which proceeds from Gautama or Siddhartha Buddha, or Fo.<br>
(2) Ban-dhe-chan Rim-po-che, at Tashi Lhünpo. He is “the active earthly wisdom.”<br>
(3) Sa-Dcha-Fo, or the “Mouthpiece of Buddha,” otherwise the “word” at Ssamboo.<br>
(4) Guison-Tamba—the “Precursor” (of Budda) at the Grand Kuren.<br>
(5) Tchang-Zya-Fo-Lang, in the Altai mountains. He is called the “Successor” (of Buddha).<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. III (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1995), 185.</ref></blockquote>
 
== Shaberon ==
 
A related term is that of ''shaberon'' (or shabrong). Although according to [[H. P. Blavatsky|Mme. Blavatsky]] this is one degree lower than the Hogilgan,<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. III (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1995), 185.</ref> sometimes she used the two terms as synonyms:
 
<blockquote>Shaberon (Tib.). The Mongolian Shaberon or Khubilgan (or Khubilkhans) are the reincarnations of Buddha, according to the Lamaïsts; great Saints and Avatars, so to say.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Theosophical Glossary'' (Krotona, CA: Theosophical Publishing House, 1973), 296.</ref></blockquote>
 
== Chutuktu ==
 
Another related term seems to be that of ''chutuktu''<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Theosophical Glossary'' (Krotona, CA: Theosophical Publishing House, 1973), 85.</ref> (also spelled as Hutuktu). [[H. P. Blavatsky|Mme. Blavatsky]] defines it as:
 
<blockquote>Chutuktu (Tib.). An incarnation of Buddha or of some Bodhisattva, as believed in Tibet, where there are generally five manifesting and two secret Chutuktus among the high Lamas.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Theosophical Glossary'' (Krotona, CA: Theosophical Publishing House, 1973), 85.</ref></blockquote>
 
== Other related terms ==
 
[[H. P. Blavatsky]] also related this concept with that of [[Bodhisattva]]s and [[Nirmanakaya]]s:
 
<blockquote>The five chief Bodhisattvas, or Hubilgans of Tibet, each of whom is the bodily temple of the spirit of one of the five Buddhas.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. III (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1995), 183.</ref></blockquote>
 
<blockquote>Thus a Nirmânakâya is not, as popularly believed, the body “in which a Buddha or a Bodhisattva appears on earth”, but verily one, who whether a Chutuktu or a Khubilkhan, an adept or a yogi during life, has since become a member of that invisible Host which ever protects and watches over Humanity within Karmic limits.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Theosophical Glossary'' (Krotona, CA: Theosophical Publishing House, 1973), 231.</ref></blockquote>
 
== Notes ==
 
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