Kurjey Lhakhang,སྐུ་རྗེས་ ཡང་ན་ གུ་རུ་རིན་པོ་ཆེ་གི་ ཞབས་རྗེས་, also known as Kurjey Monastery, is located in Bumthang, Bhutan. It is the final resting place of Bhutan’s first three kings and is home to a sacred tree believed to be a terma left by Guru Padmasambhava.

According to legend, Sindhuraja, the ruler of Bumthang, fell gravely ill after angering the local deity, Shelging Karpo. Desperate for a cure, his attendant sought help from Guru Padmasambhava, who traveled from Nepal. The Guru subdued Shelging Karpo using a ritual dance and a sacred water source called Kurje Drupchhu, ultimately restoring Sindhuraja’s life. During this time, Padmasambhava meditated in a cave, leaving an imprint of his body—giving the site its name, Kurjey (“Body Imprint”).

The Kurjey Lhakhang complex consists of three temples: Guru Lhakhang, Sampa Lhundrup Lhakhang, and Ka Goen Phur Sum Lhakhang, with the oldest being Guru Lhakhang, built by Sindhuraja.