Amitabha Monastery
| Amitabha Monastery | |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 27°44′38.59″N 85°22′6.21″E / 27.7440528°N 85.3683917°ECoordinates: 27°44′38.59″N 85°22′6.21″E / 27.7440528°N 85.3683917°E |
| Monastery information | |
| Location | Kathmandu |
| Type | Tibetan Buddhist |
| Dedicated to | Amitābha |
Amitabha Monastery is a Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Nepal.
The Amitabha Monastery sits on the top of Druk Amitabha mountain overlooking Kathmandu Valley. It is a center for spiritual practice and for humanitarian causes It has a hall that seats up to 2,000 people, a library, administration office for the Drukpa Lineage, a nunnery, residences for 300 nuns, and a medical clinic. It is a refuge for animals saved from butchering and has vegetable gardens to provide food for the center. The hiking trail here are as attractive as the monastery and the surrounding scenarios.
Amitabha Monastery
Amitabha Monastery
Buddha Amitābha in Tibetan Buddhism, traditional Thangka painting.
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