Gampo Abbey

Gampo Abbey
Stupa of Enlightenment, Gampo Abbey.
Religion
AffiliationTibetan Buddhist / Shambhala
Location
LocationPleasant Bay, Nova Scotia B0E 2P0
CountryCanada
Geographic coordinates46°49′15″N 60°48′57″W / 46.82083°N 60.81583°W / 46.82083; -60.81583
Architecture
FounderChögyam Trungpa Rinpoche
Completed1983
Website
gampoabbey.org

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.

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.