He is the abbot of Mardo Tashi Choling in Eastern Tibet, where he established a retreat center and shedra, a formal Buddhist monastic college, under the direct guidance of his teacher, Khenchen Jigme Phuntsok Rinpoche.
He directs the education and spiritual practice of three hundred monks, seventy advanced-degree candidates, sixty children, and twenty full-time retreatants.
[1] He left his home and family when he was a young child to go and live with his maternal uncle, Terton Jigme Dorje, at Katog Mardo Tashi Choling in Tibet.
An elaborate enthronement ceremony was held for him at Katog Gonpa's mother monastery in 2006 amongst an assembly of monks, lamas, khenpos, and laypersons.
He was invited to the U.S. by Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche (shortly before his death), primarily to create and teach a shedra program at Rigdzin Ling.
Since then, the Shedra has continued yearly and since 2010 it takes place annually at Katog Rit'hröd Mountain Retreat located in northwest Arkansas.