3)Gantey Monastery near Pele La, Black Mountains, 6/25/2004
Gantey Goenpa(monastery) is being restored; it is the only Nyingma monastery West of the Black Mountains, the Kargyu Branch of Vajrayana Buddhists being the majority in the West. The current abbot is Kunzang Pema Namgyal, the 9th reincarnation of the ‘mind reincarnation’ of the famous Terton(treasure finder) Pema Lingpa of Bhumthang.