[1] Ayusheev was born to Buryat Mongolian parents in Bursomon village, in the far east of the then Soviet Union, approximately 300 km north of Ulanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia.

In 1991, Ayusheev was appointed Shireete Lama (abbot) at Baldan Breybun datsan in the settlement of Murochi, Kyakhtinsky district, also in the Russian Far East.

[citation needed] During Ayusheev's tenure, Verkhnyaya Berezovka, an estate on the outskirts of Ulan-Ude was established as a second residence of the Khambo Lama.

(Ulan-Ude is the capital city of Buryatia, located north of the border between Russia and Mongolia, about 400 km from Ulaan Baatar).

Pandito Khambo Lama Damba Ayusheev, the head of BTSR, often criticizes urban life and promotes traditional values and lifestyle.

A preliminary content analysis of articles and interviews with Pandito Khambo Lama Damba Ayusheev led us to the conclusion that his views can be considered anti-urban.

His views have a bearing on practice: his initiative of livestock herding is seen as "a tool for solving the problem of the depopulation of Buryat villages".

[8] On 4 June 2011, by the Decree of the President of Mongolia, Ayusheev was awarded the Order of the Polar Star for contribution to the strengthening Russian-Mongolian relations.