About Healthcare
From a Dharma perspective, healthcare is seen as a compassionate practice essential to the well-being of individuals and communities. It involves not only physical healing but also the holistic care of mental and spiritual health. Providing healthcare is an expression of compassion (karuna) and loving-kindness (metta), fundamental Buddhist values. By alleviating suffering and promoting health, healthcare practitioners fulfill the ethical duty to support life and well-being, embodying the Bodhisattva ideal of aiding all sentient beings.
10 Buddhist Monastery around Kathmandu
Buddhism in Nepal started after the birth of Lord Buddha, the founder of Buddhism himself. Siddhartha Gautama was born in Lumbini, Nepal at the Shakya Kingdom of Kapilbasthu as a Prince nearly around 500BC. He then left the palace in search of enlightenment.
Gradually, after his enlightenment, Buddhism became a presiding religion in the northern areas of the country. Buddhist arts also started growing in mostly the central part of Nepal. Ethnic groups from .