Male tourist at the Stupa of Enlighenment, Gampo Abbey a Buddhist monastery, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada.

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Stupa of Enlighenment, Gampo Abbey a Buddhist monastery, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. Founded in 1984 the abbey sits on 230 acres of land on the coast of Cape Breton Island. It includes a Shedra (monastic college) and a retreat. A stupa is a dome-shaped structure erected as a Buddhist shrine

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Location: Gampo Abbey, Pleasant Bay, Cape Breton, NS, Canada
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