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Choje is a Jonang monastery that was founded in 1425 by Rinchen Pel in Dzamtang in Ngawa. Together with the adjoining monasteries of Tsangwa and Tsechu, they make up the Dzamtang monastery complex in the Dzamtang area in eastern Tibet. Choje is the oldest monastery of the complex while Tsangwa is the main monastery and the home institution of the Jonang order.

 

 

Sources

Gruschke, Andreas. 2001. The Cultural Monuments of Tibet's Outer Provinces. Volume 2: The Gansu and Sichuan parts of Amdo. Thailand: White Lotus Press, pp. 74-78.

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