Samding Dorje Phagmo Khensur Denma Locho Rinpoche (1928 Kham, Tibet - 23 October 2014, MacLeod Ganj, Dharamsala, India) also known as Lobsang Oser Choying Gyatso, was a Tibetan incarnate lama, or tulku, of the Loseling College of Drepung Monastery.
Born in 1928 in Gaba, Kham, the eastern region of Tibet, from the Rongpo clan, where he was recognized at age six as the reincarnation of a famous lama, Choying Gyatso aka Gen Locho, from the local Selkar Monastery and of Drepung Loseling.
[1] [2][3] His education complete, Rinpoche decided to spend the rest of his life in contemplative retreat and sought the advice and permission of the Nechung, Gadong, and Tenma Oracles, all of whom assented to his request but in 1959, shortly after the Chinese communist army attacked Lhasa, he followed the Dalai Lama into exile in India.
When the Dalai Lama's senior tutor Kyabje Ling Dorjechang passed away and his young reincarnation, the 7th Kyabjé Yongzin Ling Rinpoche was discovered, the Dalai Lama appointed Rinpoche as his tutor.
He passed on all the lineages of empowerment, transmission and instruction, which he had received in Tibet, at various locations in India and Nepal.