Khotse was born into a herdsman's family in 1969 in the Khotse Township of Xiahe County, Gannan Prefecture in Gansu Province.
Khotse, the sixth boy of the family's 10 children, began herding cattle at an early age. He loved watching white clouds floating in the azure sky above the vast grassland.
His family couldn't afford to pay for his education and he often sneaked into the local school. His parents noticed his love of books and tried hard to support him. In two months, young Khotse finished the first year of his primary education and was permitted to skip into the next level.
Khotse felt a strong calling from Buddhism early on. The young boy often built earth pagodas and chanted the six incantation words of Buddhism. When he was 13, Khotse became a novice monk. Soon after, Gungthang Tsang Rinpoche accepted the talented young man as a disciple.
In 1984 he received the commandments. Through devoted studies he became a teacher at the Gansu Buddhism Academy and taught there for 12 years.
As one of the most important secretaries of master Gungthang Tsang Rinpoche, he had the chance to learn the most profound essence of Buddhism.
Before the master passed away in 2000 at 74 he asked Khotse to try to gather and compile all the important Tibetan works.
(China Daily September 18, 2006)
