12th Trungpa Rinpoche.

Chokyi Sengge, the "Lion of the Dharma,"
is the
12th Trungpa Rinpoche.
He was born in 1989 in Derge to a nomadic family.
His family herds yak and other animals,
and has ties to the royal family of Derge
(his grandmother's father was a minister to the King).
In 1991, during a tour of Tibet,
His Eminence
Tai Situ Rinpoche
met his parents and asked them to
bring their son to him. Soon after,
they brought the young boy to him and
Situ Rinpoche announced "
this is the 12th Trungpa Tulku
Chokyi Sengge was enthroned a year later
at Surmang Dudtsi-Til Monastery;
Damkar Rinpoche, a high Kagyu lama
who is also Chokyi Sengay's uncle,
presided over the enthronement.
Chokyi Sengge Rinpoche resides
at Surmang Dusti Til Monastery.

He lives a simple life and is supported
mainly by local Tibetans and the generosity
of Friends of Surmang. He has a full time tutor,
and his affairs are overseen by his Regent,
Ven. Karma Sengge Rinpoche, nephew
of the late Vidyadhara,
Trungpa Tulku XI.
He has yet to visit the West.