Amitabha Monastery

Amitabha Monastery is a Himalayan Buddhist monastery in Nepal.^[1]

Amitabha Dhurkapa
Religion
Affiliation	Tibetan Buddhism
Deity	Amitābha
Location
Location	Kathmandu
Country	Nepal

Overview

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 ^[1] 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.^[1] The hiking trail here are as attractive as the monastery and the surrounding scenarios.^[2]

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  Amitabha Monastery
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  Buddha Amitābha in Himalayan Buddhism, traditional Thangka painting.

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