Brief history of Drupa Monastery

Drupa Monastery is a monastery located amidst rugged terrain and a river valley in eastern Tibet. Drupa Monastery has 55 monks and is integral to the spiritual life of the rural farming community there. Drupa Monastery’s history dates back to the era before the 5th Dalai Lama (17th century) and is documented in the renowned Religious History text (Ganden Chöjung Baidau Serpo – The Yellow Vaidurya: A Religious History of Gaden) that lists the monasteries in existence at the time and was authored during 5th Dalai Lama’s era.

Drupa Monastery in Kham, Tibet

White Tara Empowerment at Gyuto Center, Minneapolis

At Summer Camp, Portland, Oregon

Founder of DMOD ~ Drupa Rinpoche

Drupa Rinpoche (Lobsang Yeshi) is a Tibetan Buddhist monk and is 7th in the lineage of Drupa Rinpoches. Rinpoche was born in India and in 1988, was recognized by His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama as the reincarnation of the 6th Drupa Rinpoche Shedrup Tenpai Gyaltsen. Rinpoche is the head of Drupa Monastery in Kham, Eastern Tibet.

Rinpoche holds a monastic Geshe degree in Buddhist philosophy from Drepung Loselling Monastery (South India), a B. Psychology (HELP University, Malaysia) and an M.Sc in Positive Psychology (Life University, Georgia, USA). He is the resident teacher at Kachoeling Dharma Center in Minneapolis and also the founder of the non-profit organisation named Drupa Monastery Oasis of Dharma in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Rinpoche worked as a researcher at the University of Minnesota’s School of Public Health and is a volunteer Buddhist Chaplain at the Hennepin County Medical Center.