The Thubten Dhargye Ling Buddhist Center in an American Tibetan Buddhist center founded by Geshe Gyeltsen in 1978. The Thubten Dhargye Ling Buddhist Center was founded in 1978 by Geshe Gyeltsen at the "urging of his students," according to the Los Angeles Times. The center, which was originally located in Los Angeles, relocated to its present location in Long Beach, California, in 1996. Geshe Gyeltsen died at the center in February 2009 at the age of 85.