Geshe Tenzin Tenphel, born in 1956 in Dromo (Tibet).
At the age of three, following the Chinese invasion of Tibet, he emigrated to India and became a monk at the age of nine.
At seventeen, he entered Sera Je Monastic University in India, where he successfully completed twenty-one years of study, earning the title of Geshe Lharampa — the highest academic degree in the Tibetan monastic education system, equivalent to a doctorate.
He then continued his studies at Gyuto Tantric College, where he deepened his understanding of tantra, and in 1997 he led the meditative and ritual practices at Sera Je.
Since 1998, at the invitation of Geshe Jampa Gyatso, he has been the Resident Teacher at the Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa, where he teaches the FPMT Basic Program and other courses on Buddhism.