Kopan Monastery, Nepal

The 10 day retreat at Tushita in Dharamsala peaked my interest, so an opportunity to lead my own private retreat at Kopan Monastery (the headquarters for international study of Mahayana Buddhist philosophy) couldn't be passed up.

To learn and debate with some of the monks (over 300 of them live at Kopan) and nuns has been an invaluable experience in learning how to cultivate happiness and behold the world in a logical, reasonable, and ultimately healthy manner.

[Disclaimer: as of today I am not yet bald nor am I in robes.]Baca selengkapnya