Acharya Konchok Gamtso, DDSC Resident Ani

Ani Konchok Gamtso became a fully ordained nun in the year 2000 belonging to the Drikung Kagyu Order of Tibetan Buddhism and joined Drikung Kagyu Samtenling Nunnery in Dehradun, India. 

His Holiness the Drikung Kyabgön Chetsang

His Holiness the Drikung Kyabgön Chetsang, the 37th throne holder of the Drikung Kagyu Lineage anKyabgönd 7th reincarnation of the Chetsang Rinpoche is a manifestation of Chenrezig (Avalokiteshvara).

Khenmo Konchok Tsechik, DDSC Resident Ani

Venerable Khenmo Konchok Tsechik was born in 1982, became a nun of the Drikung Samtenling Nunnery in Dehradun, India in 2001 and received her novice vows in 2002.  From 2001 to 2006, She studied Buddhist philosophy, liturgies and rituals of the Kagyu lineage, the great treatises common to all lineages, and other subjects.

Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche, DDSC Spiritual Director

Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche, DDSC Spiritual Director was born in Kham, in the Nangchen region of Eastern Tibet, and  is a long time student of Garchen Rinpoche.

H.E. Garchen Rinpoche, Founder

Born in Eastern Tibet in 1936 and discovered by the Tibetan King of Nangchen at the age of seven, the 8th Kyabjé Garchen Triptrul Rinpoche was the reincarnation of a 12th century Mahasiddha named Gar Chodingpa