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'''Khenpo''' ([[ | '''Khenpo''' ([[Wyl.]] ''mkhan po'') — the term has different meanings:<br> | ||
*It is a title given in the [[Nyingma]], [[Sakya]] and [[Kagyu]] schools to a monk who, after completing a nine year course in Buddhist philosophy in a [[shedra]], has attained a proven level of knowledge and, in some schools, also of discipline and benevolence. In the Nyingma school, after their studies are completed students are required to teach for a further three years in a shedra before they can be awarded the title of khenpo.<br> | *It is a title given in the [[Nyingma]], [[Sakya]] and [[Kagyu]] schools to a monk who, after completing a nine year course in Buddhist philosophy in a [[shedra]], has attained a proven level of knowledge and, in some schools, also of discipline and benevolence. In the Nyingma school, after their studies are completed students are required to teach for a further three years in a shedra before they can be awarded the title of khenpo.<br> | ||
*It can also refer to the abbot of a monastery and to the preceptor from whom one receives ordination. | *It can also refer to the abbot of a monastery and to the preceptor from whom one receives ordination. | ||
Revision as of 16:31, 4 July 2009
Khenpo (Wyl. mkhan po) — the term has different meanings:
- It is a title given in the Nyingma, Sakya and Kagyu schools to a monk who, after completing a nine year course in Buddhist philosophy in a shedra, has attained a proven level of knowledge and, in some schools, also of discipline and benevolence. In the Nyingma school, after their studies are completed students are required to teach for a further three years in a shedra before they can be awarded the title of khenpo.
- It can also refer to the abbot of a monastery and to the preceptor from whom one receives ordination.