Khenpo Sangay Gyatso

Khenpo Sangay Gyatso was born in 1975 at Norbugang village in Pemagatshel District .In 1981, at the age of six, he had begun with the formal study on Buddhism under the Yogi Lama Ugyen Dorji,a student of His Holiness Dudjom Rinpoche in the village of Norbugang in South-Eastern part of Bhutan. He studied under Lama Ugyen Dorji for seven years and completed Dudjom Terser, Preliminary Buddhist practices. In 1988 at the age of 13, he was enrolled as a monk at Dzongsar Institute in Bir, Himachal Pradesh,India. He undertook the courses such as the logic, grammar, monastic discipline and poetry. Khenpo completed his Degree in Shastri(Equivalent to Bachelor in Arts) with distinction in 1995 and Degree of Achary(Equivalent to M.A) with distinction in January 1997. In December 1997,he was conferred with the title of Khenpo and he taught students in the Institute for two years. Subsequently, following the instruction of root master, His Eminence Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpochhe, he underwent retreat for a year in Geyshing,West Sikkim in 2000.
Khenpo has received teaching and initiations from many extraordinary beings including the supreme heads of all the four main schools of Tibetan Buddhism H.H Dalai Lama, H.H Karmapa, H.H Sakya Trinzin and H.H Penor Rinpoche, with whom he took his monastic vows in 1989. He received many advanced transmissions such as the complete Powa (Ejection of consciousness at death) from Drikung Chopha Rinpochhe among others.

Khenpo Sangay Gyatso