Sershul Tripa Rinpoche Sershul Tripa Rinpoche Thupten Nyandak Choekyi Gyaltsen is the acting head of ZaChukha_Sershul_Monastery Sershul Monastery, in Sershul County (Dhokham ZaChuka) in Eastern Tibet. Born in 1966, Kyabje Tripa Rinpoche is also known as the Eighth Bön Tsang Triwa, (in pinyin, Tubudan Quejijianzan Rinpoche.) According to Buddhist Tripa Rinpoche is the incarnation of Dharmakaya Samantabhadra (the Bodhisattva representing universal wisdom) and is also the incarnation of one of the eight main disciples of Lama Tsongkapa, a combination that is extremely rare in the Tibetan Buddhist system of incarnation. The Eighth Bön Tsang Rinpoche was born on 18 June 1966 in Sershul (Shiqu) County, on the bank of the Zachu River (“Dza Chu” in Tibetan). At the age of 16, Tripa Rinpoche received the vow of a novice monk from Khenpo Thubten Wangpo, the incarnation of Dega Chögyel Tenpa Tsering. Sershul Triwa Rinpoche first joined at Changma Monastery, in Sershul County, near his birthplace. At the age of 18 he was recognized by several important tulkus as the incarnation of the Seventh Bön Tsang tulku of Sershul Monastery, of the Gelug school. The next year he took charge as the thirty seventh abbot of Sershul Monastery and was put in charge of the educational administration of more than 60 subsidiary monasteries. At the age of 20, he received his full ordination from Khenpo Thubten Wangpo. In 1995, the Administration of the Ganzi Prefecture officially issued him with a certificate to recognize his incarnation and held an enthronement ceremony in his honour. Sershul Triwa Rinpoche's Gelug lamas are the Dalai Lama, the 10th Panchen Lama, Gongtang Rinpoche, Thubten Wangpo, Dorje Chang Lobzang Tenzin, Dorje Chang Ngawang La Ong, Tashi Yondzin Rinpoche, Dorje Chang Gendün Gyamtso Rinpoche, Ngawang Dadrak Rinpoche, Tendzin Setsang Lobzang Palden Rinpoche, Dorje Chang Dampa Zangpo and Lhamo Yondzin Rinpoche. His Nyingma masters are Khempo Jigme Phuntsok, Khenpo Chöyang Chabdhar, Dzagyel Khempo Bumpa, Khempo Karzang Khedrup and Khempo Pema Wangyal. His Kagyu lamas are Orgyen Tulku Rinpoche, and many others. Sershul Triwa Rinpoche has always held a non-sectarian view, also called the Rime movement, and has a deep respect for all traditions and lamas from all schools of Tibetan Buddhism. Tripa Rinpoche has more than 10'000 Chinese students in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhong, Chengdu, etc. And tens of thousands in Tibet. Sershul Monastery Sershul Monastery is situated on the Tibetan plateau at an elevation of 4,000 meters where the