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choedrak goenpa trek

Choedrak goenpa

Choedrak Monastery, One of the Four Sacred Meditation Cliffs of Guru Rinpoche in Bumthang

Choedrak is one of the Four Cliffs (Dra Zhi) of Guru Rinpoche on the northern ridge dominating the whole Chumey valley of Bumthang Dzongkhag at an altitude of 3,800 meters. Guru Rimpoche is said to have arrived at the sacred Choedrak riding on a tigress and meditated there just like he did in Paro Taktsang.

Later, a monastery was built against the cliff by Gyalwa Lorepa, a Drukpa Kagyupa lama from Tibet, in the 12th century.