TSERING LAMA was ordained at the Mugsang monastery before traveling to Palyul and receiving transmissions from the great Khenpo Ngaga Rinpoche, the second Drubwang Pedma Norbu Rinpoche, the fourth Karma Kuchen Rinpoche, the second Ch gtrul Rinpoche, and many others. After completing all stages of inner practice, he received the title of Vajra Acharya (tantric master). During his lifetime, he taught writing, poetry, astrology, and grammar and studied all of the important tantras. Before dying at the age of eighty-four, he wrote a large volume of poetry praising gurus of the Nyingmapa tradition.