Doctor Tsering Tashi was born in May 1986 in Chilime (Rasuwa, Nepal), into a family of practicing Buddhists of the Nyingma school.
At the age of 8 he became drawn to medicine and went to study at Dongak Ling monastery. For nearly seven years he studied medicine, rituals, meditation and the foundations of the Dharma. In 2011 he entered the Sowa Rigpa Institute, where he mastered traditional Tibetan medicine and the teachings of the Yuthok lineage. He received the Kachupa degree (2016) and then the highest medical degree, Menrampa (2020).
Doctor Shonu is not only a physician but also a researcher. He studies the causes of illness and the body’s mechanisms of recovery in depth, and prepares natural medicines himself according to the authentic methods of Sowa Rigpa.