Khenpo was educated according to the education system of the monastic colleges of old Tibet.

He began his studies at the age of nine at Rumtek Monastery in Sikkim, India. During a period of seven years, he studied Linguistics, Poetry, Literature and the performing of religious rituals. This laid the foundation for the following stage in this educational system.

Then, for the next ten years, until the age of twenty-six, he studied the Mahayana Sutras and Shastras that make up the curriculum for the studies to become a "Khenpo" (Doctor of Divinity, Abbot, etc.- there are various translations).

In this system of education, the students memorize the "root-texts" and study commentaries to these root texts until they are able to grasp the subject to the extent they can give discourses freely without the support of the text.

This curriculum includes Buddhist Philosophy, Buddhist Epistemology and Buddhist Logic and Reasoning. At the age of twenty-six he earned the Khenpo degree and was the first in his class. This degree was issued by HH the 16th Karmapa, head of the Karma Kagyu School of Tibetan Buddhism and Rumtek Monastery in Sikkim, India.

From 26 to 31years of age, Khenpo studied the Buddhist Tantras. In recognition of his achievements, HH the 16th Karmapa then appointed Khenpo Chödrak to the position of a Senior Khenpo. He was the principal professor of Rumtek's "Nalanda Institute" monastic college for ten years. During this period he also obtained the certificate of "Senior Khenpo" in connection with Benares Sanskrit University, as the Nalanda Institute is associated with this university.

For the past eight years, Khenpo Chödrak has worked as the Educational Director of the Karmapa International Buddhist Institute in New Delhi, India.