Zopa is featured in the 2008 documentary film Unmistaken Child, which follows his search for the reincarnation of his beloved master, Geshe Lama Konchog.
Tenzin Zopa was born in 1975 in the Tsum Valley in Nepal, near where his future teacher Geshe Lama Konchog lived in an isolated mountain cave.
There he studied Tibetan language, English, Nepali, art, lama dance, ritual, puja, and Buddhist philosophy.
From February 2007 until late 2011, Tenzin Zopa was appointed the resident teacher of the Losang Dragpa Centre in Malaysia, part of the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition.
In addition, he oversees the physical, mental, and spiritual development of Tulku Tenzin Phuntsok Rinpoche, the reincarnation of Geshe Lama Konchog.