Tulku Damcho Rinpoche was born in Nupri in the northern part of Nepal. At the time when Thrangu Tashi Chöling was being built in Kathmandu, he decided to become a monk at the Kagyu monastery. While travelling through Nepal, His Eminence Tai Situ Rinpoche recognized him as the reincarnation of Lama Tsoknyis, a distinguished master of the Tibetan Thrangu Tashi Chöling Monastery prior to the Chinese invasion. Shortly thereafter he was enthroned as a tulku. He graduated with honours from the shedra, the monastic university. In 2007 he completed the traditional three-year retreat and a one-year Kalachakra retreat. Since then, Rinpoche regularly travels to the West to give teachings.