Khenpo Urgyen Tenpel was born in 1982 in Mugum Bazaar, Northwestern Nepal. He was ordained at thirteen at Ka Nying Shedrub Ling Monastery in Boudhanath, Nepal, under Kyabje Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche and Chokling Rinpoche. He studied in the monastery’s elementary school, memorizing texts and learning the monastery’s chanting tradition. He received novice and full monastic vows from Kyabje Tenga Rinpoche. In 1998, he began ten years of study at the Sangye Yeshe Higher Shedra, focusing on sutra- and mantra-level Buddhism. He taught in the monastery’s middle school and served as a teaching assistant. After completing his studies in 2007, he became a Lopon, teaching and managing at Sangye Yeshe Shedra and the Rangjung Yeshe Institute. In 2013, he was awarded the title of Khenpo. He spent many years as the senior teacher at Nagi Nunnery and currently teaches Buddhist teachings to both ordained and lay practitioners from East and West.