All Shangpa sites for the site location Chamdo (cha mdo)

Karma Lhateng Retreat Center

    karma lha steng/sdeng (‘chi med dga’ tshal)

    ཀརྨ་ལྷ་སྟེང་། འཆི་མེད་དགའ་ཚལ།
  • Date Established: 1147 or 1185
  • Site Location: Chamdo
  • Operating Status: Active
  • Karma Lhateng monastery is the original seat of the Karmapa tülku, founded by the first Karmapa, Düsum Khyenpa. The retreat center (founded by Ritrö Künzang Rinpoché ?) is run by Lama Phurbu Tsering.

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Dzodzi Retreat Center

    mdzo rdzi (kun bzang dgyes pa’i dga’ tshal gling)

    མཛོ་རྫི། ཀུན་བཟང་དགྱེས་པའི་དགའ་ཚལ་གླིང་།
  • Site Location: Chamdo
  • Operating Status: Active
  • Dzodzi monastery was founded by Jé Drung Tenpé Gyaltsen. The retreat center is run by Lama Tsültrim Lodrö.

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Tsokha / Tsokar Retreat Center

    mtsho kha dgon (byang chub bde chen ‘od gsal gling)

    མཚོ་ཁ་དགོན། བྱང་ཆུབ་བདེ་ཆེན་འོད་གསལ་གླིང་།
  • Date Established: Early 20th century
  • Site Location: Chamdo
  • Operating Status: Active
  • Current Tradition: Shangpa
  • Tsokha monastery was established by the first Dzigar Kongtrül, Karma Ngawang Lodrö Rabpel, near Neten Monastery (gnas brtan dgon). The retreat center is run by Lama Thubten Gelek.

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