The Treasury of Lives

Bido Gonchen is a major Geluk monastery in Amdo that was founded in 1402 by Lama Kazhiwa Sherab Gyeltsen, a student of Tsongkhapa, on the site of an earlier Sakya monastery.

Sources

Gruschke, Andreas. 2001. The Cultural Monuments of Tibet's Outer Provinces. Volume 1: The Qinghai part of Amdo. Thailand: White Lotus Press, p. 62.

 Gyurme Dorje. 2009. Tibet Handbook. Bath: Footprint, pp. 717-718.

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