Tsechu Monastery
tshes bcu
ཚེས་བཅུ།
泽布基寺
Alternative Name(s):
dzam thang tshes bcu stod dgon bde chen gling, 'dzam thang tshe bcu dgon, dpal 'dzam thang tshe bcu pho brang bsam 'grub nor bu'i gling, 泽不基寺
dzam thang tshes bcu stod dgon bde chen gling, 'dzam thang tshe bcu dgon, dpal 'dzam thang tshe bcu pho brang bsam 'grub nor bu'i gling, 泽不基寺
Site Type: Monastery
Site Location: Dzamthang ('dzam thang)
Operating Status: Active
Current Tradition: Jonang
Former Tradition: Bon
Date Established: 1462
Current Residents: 65
TBRC Place #: G1KR168
Was established as a Bon monastery in the year 1146, then was changed into a Jonang monastery by Ratnakirti (1451-1528). There have been nine incarnations in the line of the throne-holders of Tshechu.