Geshe Lobsang Tsetan was born in 1966 in Zanskar, Ladakh, in the Himalayan Mountains. His father’s name was Tamdrin Wangyal and his mother’s name was Sonam Dolma. Geshe had nine siblings. At the age of seven, he became a monk at Karcha Monastery where he studied Tibetan language and grammar, memorization, and primary education under the guidance of his paternal great-uncle Lama Soname Tesring and Tashi Rigzin (both ex-abbots). In 1980, he went to south India to study at the famous Drepung Gomang Monastery and completed sixteen grades. He studied classic classes in Logic and Philosophical Theory.

In 1988, Geshe received the Monk Vow from His Holiness The14th Dalai Lama. He studied Perfection (the Paramitas), The Middle Way School Treasure of Knowledge, and
Monastic Discipline. In 2000, he received the title of Geshe Lharampa after successfully completing the Gelug examination. Geshe Lobsang Tseten was awarded the degree of Geshe Lharampa, the equivalent of a Ph.D, at the renowned monastic center of Gredern in South India. In 2001 for one year, he attended the Gyuto Tantric College studying Vajrayana. He also learned Empowerment Reading, Transmission, and Interaction Education.

Since 2002, he has been promoting compassion, love, and wisdom in communities throughout the United States, Europe, Japan, Australia, Russia, and Serbia. In 2012, Geshe established the Girls School of Dorje Dzong. In 2019, Geshe Lobsang started the Nalanda Institute of Knowledge in the Karcha Monastery where meditation practice and the Buddhist psychology of loving-kindness and compassion are taught.