Thekchok Namdröl Shedrup Dargyé Ling was founded in the Derge area of Dokham by the accomplished master Rigdzin Kunzang Yeshé. The foundation for the monastery was laid in by the accomplished master Pema Norbu Rinpoché, the eleventh abbot of Palyul Namgyal Jangchup Chöling. His holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama named the monastery Namdröl Ling and inaugurated it with a blessing. He also traveled to the region many times to turn the wheel of the profound and secret Dharma. When the monastery was first built, there were only ten monks. In , the Early Translation Institute, Do-ngak Rigpai Jungne Ling, was established. The students study the classics of the Indian and Tibetan Buddhist traditions for nine years, and also study and practice the common preliminary sciences and other extensive texts of sutra and tantra. Between and , there were candidates for the title of khenpo, for the title of master, and for the title of vajra master who had completed three years and three months of study. In , the monastery was renamed Samten Ösel Ling, the “Ocean of Clear Light Retreat Center, ” and in , it was renamed Tsun Gön Tsogyal Shedrup Ling. The monastery has been maintaining the stainless view, meditation, and conduct of the Early Translation school, sending its fully ordained monks to teach in more than ninety monasteries in India, Nepal, and Bhutan. Today, it has over , monks and nuns from various countries, including India, Nepal, and Bhutan.