Gampo Abbey

Nova Scotia, Canada · built 1983

Gampo Abbey is a Western Buddhist monastery in the Shambhala tradition in Nova Scotia, Canada on the edge of the Pleasant Bay community. 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.

Google Maps ↗ Wikipedia ↗

Monastery data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

Other monasteries in Canada

Abbey of Notre-Dame du Lac Oka, Canada All Saints Monastery British Columbia, Canada Birken Forest Buddhist Monastery British Columbia, Canada Christ the Saviour Monastery Canada Convent of the Redemptoristines Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada Grey Nuns Motherhouse Ville-Marie, Canada Grey Nuns' Hospital Ville-Marie, Canada Holy Transfiguration Monastery (Milton, Ontario) Ontario, Canada