Copan Monastery
Kopan Monastery, Kopan, Kathmandu, Nepal
Description:
About 20 minutes drive from Budnath Stupa is one of the most famous Buddhist monasteries - Kopan.
The monastery was founded by Lama Rimpoche in 1979 and covers an area of about 5 hectares. Every year, the monastery, where about 300 monks and novices live, is visited by hundreds of foreign guests from many countries of the world.
Six times a year, the monastery holds 7- and 10-day meditation courses. Many foreign visitors come for monthly meditation courses held annually in November. As a rule, those who arrived for meditation courses live in the guest complex of the monastery, and in relatively inexpensive and comfortable conditions. The monastery has a large library with literature on Buddhism in many languages of the world. Among the most famous guests of the monastery are Richard Gere and Boris Grebenshchikov.