Born in 1923, Khensur Lobsang Tsering Rinpoche became a monk at the age of five and eventually joined prestigious Sera Je Monastery in Tibet at 17. He remained there until 1959 when he was imprisoned and tortured by the communist Chinese for 10 years. In 1969, Khensur Rinpoche fled to South India to rejoin the reestablished Sera Monastery, obtaining his Geshe Lharampa degree in 1972. He served as the main teacher of many of the early generation of Kopan monks who were sent to study at Sera Je, including Yangsi Rinpoche, Khen Rinpoche Geshe Chonyi and 1959Geshe Thubten Sherab. In 1987, His Holiness the Dalai Lama appointed him abbot of Sera Je, a position he kept until Khensur Jampa Tegchok Rinpoche took on the role in 1993. Over the years, Khensur Lobsang Tsering Rinpoche served thousands of students, even taking time to visit students at FPMT centers such as Amitabha Buddhist Centre in Singapore and Choe Khor Sum Ling in India.
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