Jalue Dorje knew it would be the last big party before he joins a monastery in the Himalayan foothills -- thousands of miles ...

Behind them, his shaggy-haired high school football teammates sang "Happy Birthday" before he cut the first slice ... and being honored as a respected person in his community, as a religious figure.

Teenage Buddhist lama celebrates last birthday in the U.S. before joining Himalayas monastery - A U.S.-born Buddhist lama ...