Soepa was born in Mange Village and became a monk at a young age at Mange Monastery in Sershul County in Kardze (Ch: Ganzi) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province. He was a good student and took special interest in writing and literature. At the time of his arrest, he was a visiting student at Sera Monastery (in Lhasa) where he completed his Uma class (equivalent to a Master’s degree) in Tibetan Buddhism.

He was among the 15 monks detained by Chinese security forces on 10 March 2008 in Lhasa. Belongs to Manggey Monastery