Currently, there are more than 300 residents, including local Nepalese as well as international travellers, who are enrolled in residential courses, seeking to immerse themselves in meditation and ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal—On the outskirts of Kathmandu, just as the city fades to fields, thousands of Nepalis stream into Whoopee Land. Whirling rides, ... At Kopan Monastery, ...

The writer paid 500 rupees to get this photograph with sadhus in Kathmandu, Nepal. ... "Welcome to the Kopan Monastery, a quiet environment conducive to learning and meditation.

She bought the land on which Kopan Monastery now stands in Kathmandu Valley for the Nepal Mahayana Gompa Retreat that she set up with Lama Yeshe, (above, right) whom Rachevsky met in Darjeeling.

The next morning, our group visits Kathmandu’s Kopan Monastery. A Buddhist monk in flowing robes leads us into the temple and speaks with uplifting potency about the secrets to contentment: love ...

It’s the day we’ve all been dreading. “Death day”, as we’ve facetiously called it; the second-last day of a Buddhism retreat at Kathmandu’s Kopan Monastery, when 130 fellow travellers ...