The Healing Buddha Foundation is also dedicated to the preservation of the Segyu Lineage. The Segyu lineage of the Gelug School of Tibetan Buddhism represents an unbroken line of Tantric teachings (Vajrayana) descending directly from Lama Je Tsongkhapa (1357-1419). The lineage takes its name from Sed-Gyued Gaden Phodrang, the first Gelug Tantric monastery, founded in 1432 by Jetsun Sherab Sengye, one of the eight principal and direct disciples of Lama Je Tsongkhapa.

Jetsun Sherab Sengye founded the monastery in the Sed District of the Tsang region of Tibet according to specific instructions from Lama Je Tsongkhapa and with the help of his own disciple Dulnagpa Palden Zangpo. Known as Sed-Gyued Datsang, the monastery served as the fountainhead of the Gelugpas' Great Secret Tantric monasteries, popularly called Gyumey and Gyuto Tantric Colleges of Central Tibet.

Ten realized masters comprise the close lineage of the Segyu tradition, beginning with the founder of the Sed-Gyued Monastery, Jetsun Sherab Sengye , one of the eight principle disciples of Lama Je Tsongkhapa. Ven. Segyu Choepel Rinpoche is a reincarnation of the seventh lineage master, Gyudchen Dorje Zangpo. Rinpoche's return lends great significance to our work, which is to flourish the pure tradition of the Segyu Lineage for future generations in both the East and West.

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