Gampo Abbey
| Gampo Abbey | |
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Stupa of Enlightenment, Gampo Abbey.
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| Basic information | |
| Location | Pleasant Bay, Nova Scotia B0E 2P0 |
| Geographic coordinates | 46°49′15″N 60°48′57″W / 46.82083°N 60.81583°W |
| Affiliation | Tibetan Buddhist / Shambhala |
| Country | Canada |
| Website | www |
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| Founder | Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche |
| Completed | 1983 |
Gampo Abbey is a Western Buddhist monastery in the Shambhala tradition in Nova Scotia, Canada. Founded by Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche in 1983, it is a lineage institution of Shambhala and a corporate division of the Vajradhatu Buddhist Church of Canada.
Under the spiritual direction of Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche, the spiritual head of Shambhala International, Gampo Abbey is guided by its abbot Thrangu Rinpoche and its principal teacher Pema Chödrön.
Gampo Abbey is named after Gampopa, the first monastic in the Kagyü lineage of Tibetan Buddhism.
Residents of Gampo Abbey include monks and nuns who have taken life ordination, monks and nuns who have taken temporary ordination, and laymen and laywomen. The life monastics are all ordained in the Mulasarvastivadin lineages of the vinaya, or in the case of the bhikṣuṇīs, a combination of the Mulasarvastivadin and Dharmaguptaka lineages.
Gampo Abbey's guiding teacher is the well-known author, Buddhist nun, and teacher Pema Chödrön.
The Abbey also has ties to the local Cape Breton Shambhala sangha.
The Abbey offers programs to residents and/or to the public, including:
At the request of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, Thrangu Rinpoche introduced temporary ordination (Tsanchö Genyen/Upasaka Brahmacharya ordination) to give Dharma practitioners an opportunity to experience monasticism without making a lifetime commitment. The prerequisite is the Refuge Vow.
Temporary ordination is offered after residing at the Abbey for at least three months. Residents may request temporary ordination and be ordained for a minimum of nine months. Temporary monastics shave their heads, wear robes, and train in the disciplines and rituals of monastic life.
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