The present Gyalwang Drukpa is the twelfth incarnation of the founder of the Drukpa Lineage, Tsangpa Gyare Yeshe Dorje (1161-1211). The successive reincarnations of the Drogon Tsangpa Gyare are recognized as the Spiritual Head of the Drukpa Lineage and responsible for the spiritual guidance of over 800 Drukpa Monasteries, in Tibet, Nepal, Ladakh, Garsha Kinnuar and other parts of the Indian Himalyas. 
Reports June Bhutan Shabten 1
MERIT DEDICATED TO HIS HOLINESS: BHUTAN
June 3, 2009
Every 10th day of the Tibetan calendar of every month, prayers and other types of merit will be dedicated to His Holiness’s long life, as His Holiness was born on the 10th day of the 1st month. The Bhutanese volunteers have also decided to dedicate merit on every 15th day of each month as well.
The 4th of May 2009 corresponded with the Tibetan 10th day (tsey chutham), 3rd month which is considered to be Zhabdrung Kuchoe in Bhutan.
On 4th May 2009, the first Namgyalma or Namgyal Thong Choe prayers were performed by Bhutanese monks in Dodedrak monastery in Thimphu, Bhutan and were dedicated towards His Holiness Gyalwang Drukpa’s long life and good health.
On the same day, the ADC Bhutanese volunteers visited Menchu Ney or Menchuphu in Paro.
Menchuphu gompa is holy site of Chenrezig (Avolokiteshvara) where Guru Padmasambhava meditated. The gompa was founded by Jamyang Palden Gyatsho (the great abbot of Tsang) in the 17th Century in accordance with the prophecy of Chenrezig (Avolokiteshvara).
On the way to the gompa, the volunteers visited the holy rockface that stands above the road, where the natural self arisen Chenrezig mantra OM AH HUNG can be seen.
The volunteers concluded the pilgrimage with a Tshok offering and recited His Holiness’s Long Life prayer 108 times, dedicating them for the benefit of His Holiness’s long life and good health.
It is said that ‘a drop of water on its own will easily evaporate, but in the ocean it will always remain;’ likewise we, the Bhutanese volunteers, hope that this small drop in the ocean of merit may always remain for His Holiness’s and the Drukpa Lineage’s benefit for eternity.
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