bio courtesy of the Tibetan Meditation Center in Frederick MD.

Khenpo Tsultrim Tenzin was born in 1970. At the age of 14 he took his monk's vows and soon after began his Buddhist studies at Samye Monastery, the first monastery ever built in Tibet. In 1987, he traveled to attend the Drikung Kagyu Institute at Jangchub Ling in Dehra Dun.

He was an outstanding student from the start, and excelled in all of his subjects.  Having completed the first four years of his studies at Samye Monastery, Khenpo Tsultrim finished the last five years at Jangchub Ling in Dehra Dun, India.  After three years teaching lower classes in the monastic college, he was enthroned as a Khenpo in 1998 and spent three more years teaching Buddhist philosophy at the Institute. He has also completed the Ngondro and Chakrasamvara practices in retreat. Khenpo Tsultrim arrived at the TMC in Frederick, MD in April 2001, and is studying English. He began teaching at the Center in August of that year.

Khenchen Konchog Gyaltshen Rinpoche brought him to the US in 2001 to be one of the two resident lamas at the Tibetan Meditation Center in Frederick, Maryland. He has continued Khenchen's schedule of retreats and teachings there and has taught at other Drikung centers throughout the country. He is a wonderful teacher with a very quick wit and a contagious sense of humor.

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