Tenpa took refuge in 1999 with Tulku Pegyal Rinpoche and met Sogyal Rinpoche in 2000. In 2004, he moved to Lerab Ling, Rigpa’s retreat centre in southern France, where he has been part of the practice community and supporting its activity ever since.
Tenpa has received teachings and transmissions from Sogyal Rinpoche and many other great masters, and participated in the Rigpa Three Year Retreat in 2006–2009. He received getsül ordination from Kyabjé Trulshik Rinpoche in 2006 and gelong ordination from His Holiness the Dalai Lama in 2010.
Tenpa was the loving attendant of Mayumla Tsering Wangmo, Sogyal Rinpoche’s mother for 18 years until her passing in 2022. After Mayumla’s passing he was engaged in Rigpa’s stupa project which was completed in November 2025. He aspires to do more retreat to study and accomplish further Vajrayana practices, also learning together with the sangha in Lerab Ling and other Rigpa centres.
