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Lama Kelsang བླ་མ་བསྐལ་བཟང་། is a Bhuddhist lama ( monk, teacher, practitioner, translater). He entered Sakya College in Dehradhun, India where he took monastic vows. There, he studied Buddhist philosophy and also received empowerments and teachings from H.H.Dalai Lama, H.H Sakya Trizin Rinpoche, H.E Luding Khen Rinpoche, H.E Thartse Khenpo, and H.E Khenchen Kunga Wangchok. He next went to Nepal’s Tharlam Monastery and completed a Manjushri retreat for three months. He received the [[Lamdre]] from H.H. Jidgal Dachen Dorje Chang Sakya in 2007, and also received teachings from H.E Khenchen Appey Rinpoche and H.E Jadral Rinpoche. He was appointed as a Senior tutor to H.E Dhungsey Asanga Rinpoche.

He went to Penor Rinpoche Buddhist Society at Pharping, Nepal, where he began a three-year retreat. Before his retreat, he received the Initiation of TsaSum from H.E Talung Tsetrul Rinpoche. During his stay he received initiations, authorizations, explanations, and other teachings from H.E Khenchen Namdrol Rinpoche. He has completed five times the requisite one-hundred thousand accumulations for the preliminary practices (Ngöndro). Venerable Lama Kelsang has also completed the preliminary and main practice of the two main approaches of the path of Luminous Great Perfection, trechod and thogal, and the ritual practices of the Longchen Nyingtik tradition.

He is the founder of Arya Tara Ling (https://www.atling.org/), a non-profit foundation dedicated to the support and promotion of Mahayana Buddhism and Vital Charity Foundation in Nepal, a charity that provides education, financial and housing assistance for disadvantaged children and orphans.