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=Biographie of Khenpo Sönam Tobden= | =Biographie of Khenpo Sönam Tobden= | ||
Khenpo Sönam Tobden was born in 1978 in | Khenpo Sönam Tobden was born in 1978 in Eastern Tibet. At the age of thirteen he entered the Kyipo Monastery and took ordination according to the Nyingmapa tradition. Four years later, he entered the Ramgo Chötrul Shedra, then the Palyul Shedra, two of the most prominent philosophical schools in Kham. | ||
From a very young age, he felt intense devotion for Kyabje Penor Rinpoche whom he considered his root teacher. With the intention of meeting him, he left home at the age of twenty, without telling anybody. With the help of a group of | From a very young age, he felt intense devotion for Kyabje Penor Rinpoche whom he considered his root teacher. With the intention of meeting him, he left home at the age of twenty, without telling anybody. With the help of a group of refugees, he crossed the Himalayas and arrived in India. | ||
It has now been ten years since khenpo Sönam Topden entered the monastery of Namdroling (in South India). Since then he has studied under the guidance of Kyabje Penor Rinpoche, [[Khenpo Namdrol]] and Khenpo Pema Sherab, the two greatest senior Khenpos of | It has now been ten years since khenpo Sönam Topden entered the monastery of Namdroling (in South India). Since then he has studied under the guidance of Kyabje Penor Rinpoche, [[Khenpo Namdrol]] and Khenpo Pema Sherab, the two greatest senior Khenpos of the Nyingmapa lineage. | ||
Last year he completed his nine years of shedra studies and began to teach texts such as the Umalajukpa from [[Jamgön Mipham Rinpoche]] to the younger generation of monks. | Last year he completed his nine years of shedra studies and began to teach texts such as the Umalajukpa from [[Jamgön Mipham Rinpoche]] to the younger generation of monks. | ||
This year in Pharping Khenpo is teaching for the first time to the Rigpa students, on the [[Shantideva]]'s [[Bodhicharyavatara]]. | This year in Pharping Khenpo is teaching for the first time to the Rigpa students, on the [[Shantideva]]'s [[Bodhicharyavatara]]. | ||
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Biographie of Khenpo Sönam Tobden
Khenpo Sönam Tobden was born in 1978 in Eastern Tibet. At the age of thirteen he entered the Kyipo Monastery and took ordination according to the Nyingmapa tradition. Four years later, he entered the Ramgo Chötrul Shedra, then the Palyul Shedra, two of the most prominent philosophical schools in Kham.
From a very young age, he felt intense devotion for Kyabje Penor Rinpoche whom he considered his root teacher. With the intention of meeting him, he left home at the age of twenty, without telling anybody. With the help of a group of refugees, he crossed the Himalayas and arrived in India.
It has now been ten years since khenpo Sönam Topden entered the monastery of Namdroling (in South India). Since then he has studied under the guidance of Kyabje Penor Rinpoche, Khenpo Namdrol and Khenpo Pema Sherab, the two greatest senior Khenpos of the Nyingmapa lineage.
Last year he completed his nine years of shedra studies and began to teach texts such as the Umalajukpa from Jamgön Mipham Rinpoche to the younger generation of monks.
This year in Pharping Khenpo is teaching for the first time to the Rigpa students, on the Shantideva's Bodhicharyavatara.