Lopen Sonam Tenzin
Sonam Tenzin, born in 1991 in Kurtoe, Thunpe. Joined in Lhuntse Dratshang in 2003 to become a monk and completed the basic monastic education 2008. After completion of the studies I’d served as a clerk in treasure preservation division. From the year 2011 to 2017, I studied in Kanglung shedra under Khen Karma Rangdol and acquired the degrees of intermediary and BA in Buddhist doctrines. Thereafter I went to Dorden Tashithang Buddist University and studies under various Buddhist mentors Khen Kunzang Thinley and completed MA in Buddhist higher studies. Whilst studying there I served as a disciplinary of the university and even researched and compiled a book on the lives of Gyelse Tenzin Rabgye called Rosary of Crystal Gem of Successive Lineages. In the year 2020, I’ve started the accumulations of preliminary practices and at Chari Monastery. From the year 2021 to 2023 I went for three years meditation at the retreat center of Drolung Gonpa, the seat of the late Jekhenpo Geshe Gedun Rinchen after receiving all the practices of Mahamudra and six practices of Naropa. Currently I’m serving as a lecturer at Dorden Tashithang University.