The recognized reincarnation of Lama Thubten Yeshe - Lama Tenzin Osel Rinpoche - was born in 1985 to Spanish parents. In 1986, after a series of tests and divinations, young Osel Hita, was recognized by His Holiness the Dalai Lama to be the reincarnation of Lama Thubten Yeshe. He was then named Tenzin Osel.

Lama Osel was enthroned at Tushita, which had been one of Lama Yeshe's favourite places to stay, at the age of three. Lama Osel studied once again at his former Sera Monastic University, re-established in South India, and is fluent in Spanish, English and Tibetan. During his studies, Lama Osel followed both traditional Tibetan studies and a Western curriculum. For more information we highly recommend reading: "Reincarnation: The Boy Lama" and "Reborn in the West" by Vicki Mackenzie.

In recent years, Osel has had some intriguing experiences in coming to understand Western culture more fully. Today he prefers to be called simply “Osel”. Osel is completing a course of Western studies in Europe, at which he is doing extremely well. You can read answers to a magazine Q&A he gave here and an article he wrote in 2009 here.