Geshe Tenpa Jangsem was born in Tibet in 1955. He entered the Drepoung Gomang monastery at the age of twelve. He undertook with the instructions of great lamas his monastic training after which he obtain the title of Geshe (doctorate in Buddhist philosophy). He was particularly, the disciple of HE the 12th Kyabje Dagom Rimpoche who he humbly served as his assistant for nearly forty years.