Dress Guidelines

When visiting Kopan, be aware that you are visiting a monastery, a sacred place. Creating a harmonious environment for practice

To show respect, here are some useful hints on how to dress and not to dress:

This is appropriate:

For men: long or short sleeved shirts covering the upper body and shoulders, T-shirts, pants, long shorts.

For women: long shorts or pants, T-shirts, dresses that are roughly knee length and fully cover the upper bosy and shoulders are appropriate. We recommend to bring a light shawl to cover shoulders.

We respectfully ask that you do not wear:

Attire that is see-through, skin tight and/or with obscene language and inappropriate messages.

For women, no spaghetti straps, bra straps showing, shoulder free dresses, miniskirts, tights or low cut trousers.

For men, please no singlet, tight short shorts, or low cut pants.

We also recommend to wear footwear on your visit: Meditation halls and other public places require you to remove your shoes, and walking barefoot just brings the outside dirt and pollution right into our most revered places.