Khenpo Karma Sonam Gyurme
| PersonType | Category:Authors of Tibetan Works Category:Khenpos Category:Tibetan Buddhist Teachers |
|---|---|
| FirstName / namefirst | Karma Sonam |
| LastName / namelast | Gyurme |
| MainNamePhon | Khenpo Karma Sonam Gyurme |
| MainNameTib | ཀརྨ་བསོད་ནམས་འགྱུར་མེད་ |
| MainNameWylie | karma bsod nams 'gyur med |
| SortName | Gyurme, Karma Sonam |
| bio | Autobiography of Khenpo Sonam Gyurme
I was born in the Western year of 1972 in Nepal in the center of the Kyimo region near the Serthang at the location of Nubri (Western mountain) Kuthangtsag. My father is Tsewang Dondrub and my mother is Nyilha Sangmo. In the year 1990 I became a monk at Benchen Monastery, Nepal, in the presence of Kyabje Tenga Rinpoche. Then I made efforts in various studies such as writing, reading, the performance of rituals of the insight and transmission of the Karma Kamtsang tradition, and the construction of mandalas for four years. For two years I acted as a chanting master (dbumdzad) in the year 1992 I took the precepts of full ordination from the supreme third incarnation of Jamgon Kongtrul Rinpoche. In 1996, in accordance with the expressed wishes of both Drubwang Sangye Nyenpa Rinpoche and Kyabje Tenga Rinpoche, I went to the Dzongsar Shedra in Bir, which belongs to the district of Kulu in the state of Himachal Pradesh, northern India. For twelve years I had the honor to meet great spiritual teachers beginning with the Mahapandita Dorje Chang Kunga Wangchug and including instructors such as Khenpo Rinchen while studying the thirteen major philosophical texts, the eighteen renowned scriptures, as well as the summarized sūtras together with science and culture. I also lectured at Dzongsar Shedra for one year in accordance with the wishes of the ruling Khenpos. In the year 2004, I received the khenpo degree at the Dzongsar Chökyi Lodro Shedra from both the third incarnation of the human emanation of Manjugosha and Rimé master Kyabje Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche—the supreme Chökyi Gyatso—and Kyabje Khenchen Dorje Chang Kunga Wangchug. This took place at Conhara near the capital of the Sahor Kingdom Mendi, Northern India. I was given the graduation certificate as well as certificate for the award of dGe ba’i gshes gnyen Chen po by His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Gyalwang Tendzin Gyatso. At that time there was no Khenpo giving Dharma instructions here at my own monastery, therefore both Drubwang Sangye Nyenpa Rinpoche and Kyabje Tenga Rinpoche asked me to leave Dzongsar Shedra. Following my insistent requests to stay at BenchenPhuntsokDargyeling Monastery, Kathmandu, Nepal to give Dharma instructions to the members of its ordained sangha, TempaYarphel and I went to meet JamyangLosal, the khenpo presently in office at Dzongsar Shedra in India and requested a permanent leave from the shedra in order for me to continuously teach at the Benchen Shedra in Parphing and the Benchen Monastery in Kathmandu. The request was granted. After having returned to my own monastery I received teachings on Mahāmudrā and Dzogchen and many empowerments from Drubwang Sangye Nyenpa Rinpoche while from Kyabje Tenga Rinpoche I received teachings on the Six Dharmas of Nāropa, teachings about the three year retreat together with the rituals of the Generation and Accomplishment Stages, and many empowerments. During a vast inauguration ceremony headed by the two Rinpoches, I was bestowed the title of khenpo according to the Buddhist monastic scriptures. Then, in accordance with the wishes of the two Rinpoches, I was Sthavira (gnasbrtan) Khenpo for lecturing and for the summer retreats at Benchen Dargyeling in Nepal for the duration of three years. In the year 2006 I was raised to director of studies by the two Rinpoches. Based on the constitution of the NalandaShedra, which is determined by His Holiness the Sixteenth Gyalwang Karmapa, I set the charter as well as the syllabus of the Benchen Nangten Thösam Ling Shedra. In the February of 2007 during the waxing period of the moon both Rinpoches founded the Benchen Nangten Thösam Ling Shedra, which is under the guidance of Kyabje Drubwang Sangye Nyenpa Rinpoche, near the mountain site of the Asura Cave and the Self-Arising Tara Temple in Parphing, Nepal. The members of the sangha who had already entered the shedra in the main monastery, relocated to the new shedra in Parphing. At the consecration ceremony I was authorized for the responsibilities of the Senior Khenpo and continous lecturer of the sangha members. Since then seven years have passed altogether. I will continue to fulfill my service. Copyright @ 2010 Benchen Karma Choeling. All Rights Reserved. (Source Benchen Monastery, Accessed April 6, 2026) |
| YearBirth | 1970 |
| BornIn | Nubri |
| associatedwebsite | https://www.benchen.org.sg/khenposonam.htm |
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