Story of Khenpo Ratsa Geshe Tenzin Dargye Rinpoche
Khenpo Ratsa Geshe Tenzin Dargye His father name Yung drung Gyal, He is 36th generation of Pong La Ratsa lineage in Amdo Sharpa and Mother name is Konchok Dolma. She is neaer to the Mount Kailas in the Purang Gya-Jing. She is Amchi lineage (Tibetan Doctor). Khenpo Ratsa he was born in 1966 in Jomsom, Mustang. As a child, he was tutored at home by his father and sent to India at the age of Nine. At the age of 16, he decided to become a monk. Even at a very young age, he was very generous and motivated to help poor and disabled people. Also he worked as the organizer of the Bon Children Welfare Center and the dispensary for 7 years, as well as worked in both Menri Monastery and Dolanji village as a Nurse Practitioner and Social Services Supervisor for 18 years utilizing both Western and Tibetan healing practices. He studied in the Bon Dialectic School and achieved his Doctor of Philosophy from Menri Monastery in March 1996. After June 1996 The Tibetan Refuge government and 33 the sMenri Abbot requested that he transfer to Dhorpatan in Western Nepal to be the abbot of a Bon monastery Tashi Gaygye Thatan Ling. This monastery was founded by the 32nd Menri Abbot Sherab Loedo Rinpoche and Lopon Sange Tenzin Rinpoche in 1959 after invasion of Tibet. Lama Tsultrim Nyima Rinpoche became the Abbot of Tashi Gaygye Thatan Ling Monastery around 1961, establishing an elementary school and was in charge of Dorpatan Settlement infrastructure until his passing in1980s, when Lama Sonam Gyaltsen Rinpoche became the Abbot and continued the work until 1993.
Since his appointment as an Abbot, Khenpo-la and Amchi Tsultrim Sangye La has built a new Medical Center for the nearby residents in 1998; began rebuilding the Monastery in 1999, completing additional floors, bigger and improved facilities in 2002. Khenpo-la had also renewed local elementary school, organizing supplies and maintenance for poor children and orphans, placing them with families and providing financial support to caretakers. Additional improvements are on the way with addition of solar panels to the Monastery.
Khenpo-la is very motivated to help spread the Bon teachings and offer guidance to Westerners and Asians alike, by sharing Compassion Teachings with all sentient beings.
