Ven. Bhikkhu Sanghasena, was born in a very religious traditional Buddhist family living in an isolated valley away from the main village, Tingmosgam in 7th January 1958.

His late father, Mr. Rinchen Angchok was a simple traditional Amchi, i.e., a practitioner healer.

His late mother, Mrs. Rigzin Dolma, spent most of her time in maintaining the household, doing the chores, taking care of the children and farming.

The family has three brothers and two sisters and he was the fourth one and named Tsering Anghok.

He has joined the Government School in his village at the age of 8 but couldn’t able to continue his studies due to some inconceivable reason.

He was raised among people with an ancient tradition of peacefulness, humility, and innocence.