Lopon Tsechu Rinpoche (Dzongkha: སློབ་དཔོན་ཚེས་བཅུ་རིན་པོ་ཆེ་; 1918 in Bhutan – 10 June 2003 in Bangkok) was a master of Tibetan Buddhism, widely regarded in the Himalayas, with many students in both the East and the West.
When he was 13 years old, he left Bhutan to study and practice under the spiritual guidance of his uncle Lama Sherab Dorje in Nepal.
After meeting the 16th Gyalwa Karmapa in Bhutan in 1944, Lopon Tsechu Rinpoche became his close student and received from him the most essential teachings of the Karma Kagyu lineage.
He exerted a formidable influence throughout the diverse Buddhist community in Nepal and was respected both as a great lama and also a skilled politician.
Lopon Tsechu built many stupas, monuments symbolising the Enlightened mind of the Buddha, in both the East and the West.