Geshe Sonam Gurung

Earned his Geshe degree under the guidance of His Holiness the 33rd Menri Trizin, the Abbot of Menri Monastery and is a lineage holder of the Yungdrung Bön tradition.

In partnership with the late Dr. Daniel Brown, he has translated numerous essential texts from the Bön Dzogchen canon, including major works by Shardza Tashi Gyaltsen Rinpoche.

Geshe Sonam Gurung received his Geshe degree under the guidance of H.H 33rd Menri Trizin, the Abbot of Bön Menri Monastery and lineage holder of the Yungdrung Bön spiritual tradition.

Geshe Sonam served as personal assistant to His Holiness and following the direction and guidance of His Holiness, Geshe Sonam and the late Dr. Daniel P Brown translated many of the key texts in the Bön Dzogchen canon. In particular, they translated significant works from Shardza Tashi Gyaltsen Rinpoche. Shardza Rinpoche’s key texts (Heart Drops of Kuntuzangpo, Kusum Rangshar, and the Treasury of the Expanse) are detailed yogic roadmaps of the Bön Dzogchen pathway to enlightenment, combining both utterly clear philosophic foundation as well as detailed practice explanation.

Under the guidance of HH the 33rd Menri Trizin, Geshe Sonam has been an instrumental part of further sharing Bön practices internationally, including regular retreats in the United States, Australia,
Thailand, Switzerland and Europe. Geshe Sonam’s goal is to make these teachings available on a global basis in forms appropriate for the 21st Century.

He is the founder of the Shenten Thagye Ling monastery and Spiritual Center, as well as the director of the Mustang Cultural and Education Center in Jomsom, Nepal