The Venerable Lharamba Geshe Lobsang Khedup was born on the 7-th of May 1953, in the district of Zanaskar Ladak in India.At the age of 14 he took monastic “getsul” vows from the teacher Lobsang Zopa Rinpoche. Then he studied at the Garcha Gomba” monastery and memorized texts there.In 1973 the teachers send him to Goman datsan to study the Buddhist Philosophy. 1973 at the age of 21 he took “gelong” vows from His Holiness Dalai-Lama the XIV-th and during 16 years he studied at the “Goman” datsan, beginning his study with Namdel, Parchin, Uma, Dzod and Dulva. His main teachers were Gen Nagvan Dzhanchub, Gen Lobsan Damba, Kensur Rinpoche Gen Agvan Nima and Kensur Rinpoche Gen Damba Tenzin. During 7 years the teacher passed the exams on Philosophy by the Gelugpa tradition. In 1996 he defended the academic degree of “Geshe-Lharamba”. Two months later he entered the “Baldan Dzhud Dod”datsan. Under the guidance of Dzhud Dod Ken Rinpoche Tenzin Sherab he studied tantrical instructions on the stages of Emergence and Completion. In 1998 Kenbo Lama Tsultim Puntsok send him to Russia (to Buryatia) as a teacher at the request of Respected Bandido Khambo-Lama Damba Ausheev.

At present Geshe Lharamba Lobsan Khedup is a lecturer at the Buddhist Institute “Dashi Choinkhorling”.