The current rinpoche Pema Kunzang Tenzin Jamtsho is fifth in line of the successive Padtselling Tulku. Rinpoche was born on the 15th Day of the Fourth Month of the Iron Rat Year (1960) at Tang Namkhai Lhakhang, the seat of Tshampa Lama Namkha Samdrup, to Binzaibe Choje Thinlay, the direct descendant of Terchen Dorji Lingpa, and Jigme Lhamo.

As a child he began recollecting his previous life and insisted on going to his monastery Jangchub Pelri. The Sixteenth Karmapa Rangjung Rigpai Dorji (1924-1981) also confirmed his identity as the genuine incarnation of Padtselling Tulku. At the age of ten, Rinpoche was enrolled in the Zhung Dratshang ( Central Monastic Body ) where he learned like an ordinary novice of his time under strict monastic discipline. When he was 15, he joined the Tango Buddhist College which was headed by Geshe Jaku, the reincarnation of the great treasure revealer Terton Sogyal of Tibet, who later became the Sixty-ninth Je Khenpo. During his seven years stay at Tango, he studied Dayig Sumtak, Zhungchen Chusum, Drukpa Kagyu tradition of ritual practices, and received many other teachings from Geshe Jaku.

Around the same time, Tenzin Dendup popularly known as Shachung Kinley who later became the Sixty-eighth Je Khenpo conferred on him a lay vow (geynyen) followed by a nyendzog vow at the age of twenty-five in line with Pekar Domjun tradition. From Tenzin Dendup he also received initiations on Kagyue Gonmang, including Yidam Jigjed, Phurpa and Gurdak Mindrol teachings and initiations.

At the age of 26, Rinpoche resigned from the central monastic body, and returned to Bumthang Padtselling Jangchub Pelri Monastery. The monastery has been his main seat since its establishment as per the prophecy of Lhasa Jowo by the 1st Padtselling Tulku, Druthob Namgyel Lhendup. And ever since, Rinpoche has worked tirelessly renovating his monastery and supporting his monastic community. As Padtselling Jangchub Pelri monastery sits on high altitude with a chilly cold climate during winter, Rinpoche had constructed a winter monastic residence at Gelephu Mindfulness City.

Padtselling Tulku Rinpoche travels extensively both within and outside Bhutan meeting his followers, providing empowerments, blessings, and teachings, leading them in their journey to peace and liberation, guiding them in the accumulation of merits and purification of obscurations.