Lopon Pema Wangdak is an ordained Buddhist monk and teacher at the Ngagyur Nyingma Institute at Bylakupee in Mysore, India. Born in Bhutan in 1985, he chose a monastic life at age twenty-one, enrolling in Namdroling Monastery, where he learned Tibetan Buddhist philosophy and practices for nine years. He has twice participated in the Gross National Happiness Youth Leadership Program in Bhutan, as well as a cultural exchange program in Worcester State University in the United States.