Current Resident Teacher

Ven. Khensur Rinpoche Ngawang Jorden is the 121 and youngest Abbot in the history of the Gyuto Tantric Monastery.  Rinpoche was born into a family of nomads in the village of Tsangwa Day, just outside of Shigatse, the location of Tashilungpo, the seat of the Panchen Lamas.  In 1959 his family were driven into exile by the Chinese invasion and as a baby, Rinpoche was carried on his mother’s back to Gangtok, the capital of Sikkim.  They remained there for 8 years where Rinpoche attended school and remembers it as a happy time of his life.  When the Indian government set up a Tibetan Resettlement program, Rinpoche and his family moved to Bylakuppe where Rinpoche continued his studies.  During his time in Gangtok and in Bylakuppe, Rinpoche would seek out monks to talk to and visit monasteries.  He felt he was destined to become a monk and at 16 entered Sera Mey Monastery.  At 22 he became fully ordained and in 1991 passed his examinations at the highest level, that of a Lharampa Geshe.

Founder and Spritual Director of Thubten Dhargye Ling

Geshe Tsultim Gyeltsen

When he was sixteen, Geshe Gyeltsen decided to continue his studies and left for Lhasa, the capital of Tibet, to study for his Geshe degree at Sera Monastery. The Geshe degree in the Gelug school is comparable to a western doctorate in Buddhist philosophy. Thie difference is that it usually takes more than twenty years to complete.