From then onwards he lived in Lhasa and studied at Drepung Gomang Monastery. He was ordained when he was 13 years old. In 1959 after the Chinese Communist took control of Tibet, Panchen Ötrul Rinpoche with many other was put in a concentration camp. In 1960 after being there for twelve months he was able to escape into India. In 1962 he received full ordination from H.H. the Dalai Lama. In 1971 he received his Acharya (equivalent to an M.A. degree in Buddhist philosophy) from Benares University, India. In 1980 he was awarded the highest degree, Geshe Lharampa - which is the equivalent of a Buddhist doctorate. He completed his formal studies of Buddhist Tantra at Gyumed College in Southern India. During that period he helped in the re-establishment of Tibetan Monasteries in India by designing study programmes.

  In 1988 he travelled to the U.K. on behalf of the Dalai Lama to work on inter-faith dialogue. Since then he has travelled extensively teaching in Europe, U.S.A., Canada and the Far East. In 1990 he was invited by Irish students to become Spiritual Director of Jampa Ling Buddhist Centre in West Cavan, Southern Ireland, and more recently Jampa Ling, Belfast. The Tashi Khyil Trust was founded as a fund raising charity for Rinpoche`s growing activities. He maintains strong connections with Drepung Gomang monastery in Southern India, finding sponsors for monks and fund raising to help with new buildings.

     It has always been his wish and prayer that he would be able to help with the re-establishment of Buddhism in Mongolia. He now visits there each year working both in Ulaan Baator the capital city and travelling to remote areas, ordaining monks, giving teaching wherever he can, giving initiations, refuge, visiting prisons, childrens` schools and camps. Panchen Ötrul Rinpoche has travelled extensively in order to teach in Europe U.S.A., Canada and the Far East.