Meditation at the Monastery

The last few days has gave me a bit of an excuse to try and meditate more regularly.  For those of you who are interested I thought I’d give a bit of an idea what that was like. I tried to meditate between 2-3 times a day, for only 15-20 minutes at a time.  I…

A stay at Kopan Monastery, Kathmandu

After some haggling over price and a very bumpy ride through Kathmandu’s earthquake damaged roads, our taxi climbed up the steep hill towards Kopan Monastery, a Tibetan Buddhist Monastery that welcomes people from around the world for Buddhist study, meditation and retreats. A guard met and questioned us at the large ornate gate into the…