Tenga Incarnation Line

Tenga Incarnation Line — the successive incarnations of Gönkhen Samten, which are closely linked to the Sangyé Nyenpa Rinpoches and to Benchen Monastery

1. Gönkhen Samten—a student of the Seventh Sangyé Nyenpa Rinpoche
2. Karma Tenzin Chögyal—a student of the Eighth Sangyé Nyenpa Rinpoche; he did two successive three-year retreats at Tsadra Rinchen Drak under the guidance of Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Thayé
3. Karma Tenzin Trinlé Pal Sangpo, the present day Tenga Rinpoche (b.1932)