Our Lamas

Khensur Lama Lhundrup passed away in September 2011 at Kopan Monastery, and was cremated here on advice of Lama Thubten […]

  Good human qualities… honesty, sincerity, a good heart, cannot be bought with money, nor can they be produced by

Lama Thubten Yeshe was born in Tibet in 1935, not far from the town of Tolung Dechen. Two hours away

Lama Zopa Rinpoche was born in 1946 in Thami near the Mount Everest region of Nepal. At the tender age

Ex-Abbot of Kopan Monastery Geshe Lhundrup Rigsel was born in Tibet in 1941, to a poor peasant family. He joined

OUR MISSION The Kopan Nunnery (Khachoe Ghakyil Ling) is a branch of Kopan Monastery. It is a center for women