His Eminence Kyabje Zong Rinpoche, was born in 1985 in Kuluta, North India. He was recognized by His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama in 1990 as the unmistaken reincarnation of the previous Zong Rinpoche and that same year, started his studies under the guidance of Sharpa Choje Rinpoche and Kyabje Lati Rinpoche at Gaden Shartse Monastery in Mundgod, South India.
