Following the recognition, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama met personally in a joint audience with the recently recognized two-and-a-half-year-old Tulku of His Eminence Yongdzin Ling Rinpoche, at Dharamshala.

In a rare and intimate ceremony, His Holiness initiated them both into the learning of the first Tibetan alphabets. His Holiness offered early guidance and encouragement, laying the foundation for their monastic training and scholarly development.

Soon thereafter, representatives arrived to escort him to Gaden Jangtse Monastery where a second enthronement, a “Tsokchen Tulku” ceremony, a highly revered ritual within the Gelug tradition, took place at Gaden Jangtse Monastery and Gaden Lachi signifying the official installation of a high recognized reincarnate lama into his monastic seat. This endorsed His Eminence’s spiritual identity and established his responsibility to uphold the lineage of his predecessor within the monastic university.

It also marked the beginning of his formal scholastic training in Buddhist philosophy, debate, ritual practice, and monastic discipline within one of the great seats of learning of the Gelug tradition. He studied there up to the age of 17 until 2001, receiving extensive training in Buddhist philosophy, debate, rituals, monastic discipline and continued his advanced philosophical training until the age of 23.

He later enrolled at the Institute of Buddhist Dialectics (IBD) in Dharamsala, where he completed advanced studies in Upper Madhyamika philosophy, earning a Master’s degree in Buddhist Philosophy in 2009.

In 2013, on the advice of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, His Eminence travelled to Canada to undertake three years of college-level English studies. He returned to India in 2016, trained to teach and communicate with an international audience.