{"id":466,"date":"2020-02-05T07:07:41","date_gmt":"2020-02-05T07:07:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.langtangtreks.com\/blog\/?p=466"},"modified":"2025-12-02T10:07:02","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T10:07:02","slug":"kopan-monastery-complete-information","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.langtangtreks.com\/blog\/kopan-monastery-complete-information\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Kopan Monastery, Complete Information for 2026 and 2027"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Kopan monastery<\/a> is an authentic working monastery situated in the hills above the Kathmandu valley sporting an amazing view over the city and its surrounding countryside as well as the mountains. It was founded by Lama Thubten Yeshe who passed away in 1984. Fascinatingly, the reincarnation of the great Lama who was a small Spanish boy named Osel Torres was declared the successor. But the reincarnation does not reside at Kopan anymore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\ninterior of this beautiful monastery is decorated with beautiful arts and murals\nas well as the halls are also covered with such beautiful murals. The monastery\nalso has a beautiful compound and gompas, nice gardens with colorful stupas and\naccomodation for monks and visitors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kopan Monastery<\/a> is also popular for learning the Buddhist Teachings and performing meditations. It is also a well suited place for practising Yoga as the place is quite peaceful and serene. It also happens that\u00a0 Kopan Monastery(and Tushita) are both members of\u00a0 FPMT(FPMT is an organization devoted to preserving and spreading Mahayana Buddhism worldwide by creating opportunities to listen, reflect, meditate, practice the teachings of Buddha.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Based on\nthe Lam Rim(The Graduated Path to Enlightenment) the monastery runs a\nDiscovering Buddhism course for beginners. And also other courses are also\ntaught dealing with Mind Training, Karma, Death and Dying, Bodhicitta and more.\nShort courses on Tibetan Medicine, Thangka Painting are also available for\nanyone who wants to learn. Normally the courses are for 10 days and are\nscheduled throughout the year(apart from in November). The courses are taught\nin English medium which is led by Western monks and nuns with daily teachings\nfrom a Tibetan lama. The courses that are provided are all residential with\naccomodation and food provided.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The road\nleading to the monastery is sealed all the way but one can also take a pleasant\nhike from Bouddha. Many people who have various different ethnic backgrounds\nalso join the monastery at a very young age to become monks. These young pupils\nare provided with formal education in math, science and other subjects just as\nany other student would in a school. These kids that are residing in the\nmonastery are mostly from families who traditionally send one child to become a\nmonk or nun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The monastery\nwas once open to visitors everyday of the week but due to the arrival of many\nvisitors the entrance has been restricted. The monastery also has a library and\na huge garden which is lit up by solar lights in the evenings. And also the\nmonastery houses a proper restaurant with great views of Kathmandu below.\nDuring the special pujas a large crowd of devotees climb up to the monastery to\nreceive blessings and pay homage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While you\nare at the Kopan Monastery you might as well visit the Phulari Monastery which\nresides on a hill higher than Kopan. It\u2019s a small hike which is less than an\nhour. In Between the two beautiful monasteries there is another one i.e\nVajrayana Monastery. But a visit to Phulhari is worth it as one can expect to\nsee the amazing Thangka Paintings that cover the entire interiors of the halls.\nAs the building happens to be designed by an American architect\/Budhhist monk\nwho has done a successful job of combining the best of eastern and western\narchitecture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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