Benchen Monastery

The original Benchen Monastery in Tibet was destroyed by the Chinese Army in 1959.

[2] Benchen Monastery (Tibetan: པན་ཆེན་དགོན་, Wylie: ban chen dgon; Chinese: 边钦寺) in Tibet and the summer retreat, Yarnä Lhakhang, was founded by the 4th Sangye Nyenpa Rinpoche, Gelek Gyamtso in an area called Ga in the Kham region of Tibet.

[3] However, after a forced retreat to Siling the third Benchen Chime Tulku returned and with the help of others dedicated the final decade of his life, beginning in the early 1980s, to rebuild both Benchen Monastery and its Sangha.

[9] As a center for the practice of the Karma Kamtsang lineage, Benchen Monastery in Nepal offers guidance in meditation and Dharma studies.

Additionally, in 1994, a free medical clinic began operating at the monastery, offering services to community.