
Bengen is a Karma Kagyu and Shangpa Kagyu monastery just outside of Denma near Kanze, in Kham. It was the seat of Kalu Rinpoche Karma Rangjung Kunkyab in Tibet. A new temple was constructed in recent years and the original ruins still exist nearby. The The subsequent Kalu incarnation is being educated in Sonada, which was founded in 1963.