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Serkong Tsenshap Rinpoche II

At the age of two, Tsenshap Serkong Rinpoche II (1984 – present) pointed to the photo of the recently deceased Assistant Tutor of the 14th Dalai Lama and said, “That’s me!” Recognized as the reincarnation of the former Tsenshap Serkong Rinpoche, the young tulku received his Buddhist training initially at Ganden Jangtse Monastery in South India. After deciding to continue his work for the Dharma as a layman, he completed his education at the Institute of Buddhist Dialectics in Dharamsala. On the advice of the Dalai Lama, he has now completed two years of intensive study of English in Canada and is continuing his higher Buddhist training.

Tsenshap Serkong Rinpoche I was appointed one of the seven Tsenshab or Master Debate Partners to His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama. Tsenshab Serkong Rinpoche served His Holiness in this capacity for the rest of his life and imparted to His Holiness many lineages, initiations and oral transmissions. The FPMT website has inspiring information about Rinpoche’s past incarnation, who also had a strong connection with our spiritual guide, Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche, and early FPMT students, which continues in his new incarnation.

Events with Serkong Tsenshap Rinpoche II

Cultivating Compassion in Daily Life
August 16, 2025

We are incredibly fortunate to welcome the highly revered lama, Serkong Tsenshap Rinpoche II, back to Vajrapani for a daylong retreat offered in person and online! Rinpoche is known for his warmth and humor as well as his ability to transmit profound and complex Buddhist concepts into accessible and practical advice for living for all students.   Serkong Tsenshap Rinpoche II will join us to explore the profound wisdom of The Bodhisattva’s Garland of Jewels, a concise yet powerful guide to cultivating compassion by the great 11th-century Indian master, Lama Atisha Dipamkara Shrijnana (980–1054). In this daylong, Serkong Tsenshap Rinpoche…