Shri Tsering Dorjee

Shri Tsering Dorjee is a fully ordained monk. His family followed both Nyingma and Kagyu Buddhist tradition. His father, Shri Karma Gelak Gyalsey Tshang came from Ngachen region of Kham in Tibet while his mother is related to Lama Tashi Dondup’s family. Shri Tsering Dorjee was born in Bhutan in 1974. His father died when he was 5 years old. He followed his mother to relocate to Dheradun, India in 1982.

With the grace and blessing of H.H. Dalai Lama, Shri Tsering Dorjee was given the opportunity to complete his primary and high school education through the assistance of the Tibetan Homes Foundation School of the Tibetan government in exile in Mussoorie in UA, India.

He attended the Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies (CIHTS-Deemed University affiliated under the UGC of India) Sarnath, Varanasi, India in 1996. He attained his Shastri degree (Bachelor degree) in Buddhist Philosophy and Tibetan Studies in 2003.

During his years of university education, Shri Tsering Dorjee served in the capacity as the General Secretary to Nyingmapa Students’ Welfare Fund Committee for a year and later as the General Secretary to Students’ Welfare Fund Committee until March 2003.

He took up the position as a contract translator at the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives (LTWA) in Dharmasala, Centre for Tibetan Studies after his graduation in September 2003. At the end of his contract, he was offered the position as Assistant Researcher at LTWA’s Research and Translation Department in February 2004. He remained in this position until January 2006. His job responsibilities included giving teachings on Tibetan language, translating lectures on Buddhist philosophy and giving guidance to students in their research on Buddhist and Tibetan language. Apart from holding his job, Shri Tsering Dorjee was able to complete Achrya degree (Master degree) by correspondence in 2005.