About Meditation in Nepal

Nepal, the land of mystical Himalayas is the perfect place for performing Meditation. Meditation has gained immense popularity in the last decade. There are many meditation centers in and around Kathmandu. The prominent ones are listed below:

  • Mahayana Buddhist Himalayan Yogic Institute located in Baluwater conducts regular evening meditations and weekly dharma teachings (donation) and hosts a revolving schedule of day-long workshops and courses in Tibetan Buddhist meditation and related Tibetan arts. The center has a library and a meditation room. HYI is affiliated with Kopan Monastery, north of Boudha, where it offers seven-to ten-day meditation courses during the autumn and spring.
  • Nepal Vipassana Centre runs ten-day courses on meditation. A strict regimen is followed here throughout the course. Daily meditation begins at 4.30 am, and silence is kept for the entire ten days. To register or pick up a pamphlet on the course, visit the centre’s Kathmandu office (Sun-Fri 10 am-5.30 pm) in the courtyard of Jyoti Bhawan, in Kantipath. All courses are funded by donations.
  • Kathmandu Buddhist Centre holds introductory talks in Buddhism several times a week during the tourist seasons. It also conducts one-day courses in Buddhism and two-day meditation workshops at its premises next door to Hotel Ganesh Himal, about 200m south and then west of Chhetrapati Chowk, overnight retreats at Nagarkot, and five-day residential courses in Patan.
  • Asheesh Osho Meditation Centre in Tahachal and its branch in Lazimpat conduct one-hour dynamic meditation sessions every morning; they are open to all and the fee is charged in the form of a donation. The third venue, Osho Tapoban Forest Retreat Centre is located in. roundings north of Nagarjun forest. There are occasional retreats as well as daily meditations and discourses. They have a city office near the Clock Tower in Kamaladi.

Itinerary

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Day 01: Arrival in Kathmandu

Upon arrival at the international airport in the Kathmandu you will be picked up by TOP OF THE WORLD ADVENTURE’s airport representative and transfer to the hotel. After check in you will have short briefing about your tour then you can rest for while. After refreshment our tour guide will come to pick you up at the hotel and take you to the half day sightseeing tours to Kathmandu Durbar Square. Afterwards, you head back to hotel and be ready for cultural dinner hosted by TOP OF THE WORLD ADVENTURE. Stay over night at the hotel

  • Place: Kathmandu

Today will be an early morning drive, a representative from TOP OF THE WORLD ADVENTURE will come to pick you up from your hotel and transfer to the airport for a 01 hr scenic Mt. Everest Experience fight which includes all the mountian ranges from east to west. Back to hotel for breakfast, after breakfast your tour guide will take you to the day sightseeing tours to Monkey Temple- one of the oldest Buddhist Stupa in Valley, Pashupatinath- the cremation places of Hindu death body, Bodhanath- the biggest Buddhist temple, Patan Durbar Square- the finest example of metal and stone carving back to 14th century. Stay over night at the hotel

  • Place: Kathmandu

Today after breakfast, you drive to Monastery for Meditation course.

  • Place: Kathmandu

Meditation course

  • Place: Kathmandu

Meditation course

  • Place: Kathmandu

Today after breakfast, you will drive to the airport for flight to Bhairahawa and then head to Lumbini, the birth place of Buddha(about 40 min drive). Stay over night at the hotel.

  • Place: Lumbini

After breakfast, you begin the trip by driving away, 27km west of Lumbini; visit the important archaeological site, Tilaurakot, the ancient palace of King Suddodha (Siddhartha Gautam’s father), where the Buddha spent his formative years as a Shakya Prince. Allow yourself for a moment to wander around and soak the atmosphere. There’s a museum nearby, The Kapilvastu Museum; the pottery, jewelry and ornaments are gathered in-house. We end our tour in Tilaurkot by visiting the shrines, monasteries and stupa near the sacred garden. Stay over night at the hotel

  • Place: Lumbini

Meditation course

  • Place: Lumbini

Today after breakfast, you will drive to Chitwan National Park. On arrival you will have lunch and refreshment then you will have safari activities. Stay over night at the hotel.

  • Place: Chitwan

Full Day Jungle activities include jungle safari on elephant back, nature walks, jungle drive, canoe ridge and bird watching in the park having 360 sq. miles of tall grassland and thick forests. You will attempt to search out some of the elusive animals of the Terai, and with the skill of the fully will encounter the one horned Rhino, various types of deer, boar and leopard and if you are very fortunate the elusive tiger. Later on, in the evening you will be able to watch Tharu Cultural Dance. Stay over night at the hotel

  • Place: Chitwan

Today in the morning you will have one of the safari activities before the breakfast then after breakfast you will drive back to Kathmandu by road. Stay over night at the hotel in Kathmandu.

Note: You can fly to Kathmandu which takes 25min

  • Place: Kathmandu

Today you will be driven to the international airport for final departure.