Gampo Abbey
Buddhist monastery in Nova Scotia, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Gampo Abbey is a Western Buddhist monastery in the Shambhala tradition in Nova Scotia, Canada on the edge of the Pleasant Bay community. [1] 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.
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Religion | |
Affiliation | Tibetan Buddhist / Shambhala |
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Location | Pleasant Bay, Nova Scotia B0E 2P0 |
Country | Canada |
Geographic coordinates | 46°49′15″N 60°48′57″W |
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Founder | Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche |
Completed | 1983 |
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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.