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Keywords: Monastery, Buddhist, Nepal, Nuns, Tibetan

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A Tibetan Buddhist Temple

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A Tibetan Buddhist monastery.

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Monastery; place of meditation.

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(Tib.) Spiritual community; often but not necessarily a community of celibate monks or nuns living close together (usually in individual houses, sometimes in communal buildings).

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The meditation room.

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a Buddhist temple. Gompas are found all over the Nepal countryside.

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Gompas are Buddhist temples (typically forming monasteries or nunneries, Sanskrit name vihara), located in Tibet, Ladakh (India), Nepal, and Bhutan. Their design and interior details vary from region to region, however, all follow a general layout of a central prayer hall containing a Buddha statue, benches for the monks or nuns to engage in prayer or meditation and attached living accommodation. The gompa may also be accompanied by any number of stupas.

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