The Treasury of Lives

Ernst Schäfer. Bundesarchiv Bild 135-S-15-22-22, Tibetexpedition, Blick auf Tsetang, 2161, CC-BY-SA 3.0

Tsetang is a Geluk monastery in central Tibet. It was first founded as a Kagyu monastery in 1350 by Tai Situ Jangchub Gyeltsen as a branch of Densatil. It was later converted to a Geluk monastery in the eighteenth century during the time of the Seventh Dalai Lama

Sources

Akester, Matthew. 2016. Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo's Guide to Central Tibet. Chicago, IL: Serindia Publications, pp. 405-408.

Gyurme Dorje. 2009. Tibet Handbook. Bath: Footprint, p. 222.

Ryavec, Karl E. 2015. A historical atlas of Tibet. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, p. 21.

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