Khenpo

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, shows learnedness and, in some schools, also an attitude in accordance with the teachings. In the Nyingma school, after their studies are completed students are required to teach for three years in a shedra before they can receive the title of khenpo.
  
• It can also refer to the abbot of a monastery and to the preceptor from whom one receives ordination.