檢視 Sönam Tobden 索南圖登的原始碼

[[Image:SonamTobden.jpg|thumb|320px|Khenpo Sönam Tobden]]
'''Khenpo Sönam Tobden''' (Tib. <big>མཁན་པོ་བསོད་ནམས་སྟོབས་ལྡན་</big>, Wyl. ''mkhan po bsod nams stobs ldan'') (b. ca. 1977) — a young [[Nyingma]] [[khenpo]] from [[Namdroling Monastery]].

Khenpo Sönam Tobden was born in Tibet and entered the monastery at the age of six. Since the time he received teachings and empowerments from Kyabje [[Penor Rinpoche]] at the age of 17 in Tibet, Khenpo has felt intense devotion for [[Penor Rinpoche]] whom he considers to be his root teacher. 

In 1998 Khenpo Sönam Tobden entered Penor Rinpoche's [[Namdroling Monastery]], near Mysore in South India. Since then he has studied under the guidance of Kyabje Penor Rinpoche, [[Khenpo Namdrol]] and [[Khenpo Pema Sherab]], two of the seniormost khenpos of the Nyingma lineage.

In 2005 he completed the traditional nine years of [[shedra]] studies and began to teach texts such as Chandrakirti's ''[[Madhyamakavatara]]'' based on [[Mipham Rinpoche]]'s commentary to the younger generation of monks and nuns.

From 2006 onwards he has been teaching the students of the [[Rigpa Shedra]] in [[Pharping]], Nepal classical shedra texts such as the [[Bodhicharyavatara]], the [[Madhyamakalankara]], the [[Madhyamakavatara]] and the [[Abhisamayalankara]].

On the 18th March, 2011 he received the [[khenpo]] degree at [[Namdroling Monastery]].

==Rigpa Shedra East Teachings==
* 2006/2007, in [[Pharping]], Khenpo taught for the first time at the [[Rigpa shedra]], on [[Shantideva]]'s ''[[Bodhicharyavatara]]''. The recordings of those teachings are part of the online [[Shedra MP3 Library]].
* 2007/2008, [[Mipham Rinpoche]]’s commentary ''The Adornment of the Middle Way'' on [[Shantarakshita]]’s [[Madhyamakalankara]].
* 2010, teachings on the [[Madhyamakavatara]] using [[Chandrakirti]]'s auto-commentary.
* 2011, teachings on [[Mipham Rinpoche]]'s commentary on the [[Abhisamayalankara]]. 

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