Khyabdag Kagyurwa Chenpo Nesarwa Won Rinpoche Gonpo Sonam Chogden is an important figure in the Tsarpa tradition. He is said to have been an emanation of Tsarchen Losal Gyatso, the founder of the Tsar sub-lineage of the Sakya Order.

Kagyurwa Gonpo Sonam Chogden gave the complete cycles of the Lamdré Lobshed to Ngawang Lobsang Gyatso, and he acknowledged him as the foremost among his tutors.