Loppön Rapjee Wangchuk is a great source of knowledge and experience in many aspects of Vajrayana Buddhism.

He was born in Pemakod, India, where he started his Buddhist education and doing his preliminary practices of Ngöndro at a very young age. He later went to Namdroling, the monastic seat of the 11th Throneholder of the Palyul lineage, His Holiness Penor Rinpoche, the late Head of the Nyingma tradition and studied all forms of Vajrayana rituals. He became very proficient and particularly well known for his performance skills in the Palyul masked dances (cham). He later entered shedra in the monastery, a nine-year college of higher Buddhist philosophical studies and graduated with a degree of Loppön (acharya or professor) in 1999.

After receiving his title as a Loppön in 2000, he was chosen by H. H. Penor Rinpoche to be his personal attendant. He had served His Holiness with utmost devotion at his fullest capacity for over a decade during which he had the good fortune to receive numerous teachings and empowerments from His Holiness and travelled to many countries to assist in the various ritual practices and lama dances.

Loppön Rapjee is an expert in creating Tibetan Sacred Mandalas and has directed many mandala constructions in the Palyul centers. Under the guidance of His Holiness, Loppön Rapjee has been the Tza Lung teacher both in the Annual Summer Program at Palyul Ling Retreat Center in upstate New York, and at the Namdroling Monastery for many years since 2001. He has benefitted many monastic and lay practitioners around the world.