Monastery

A Monastery is a religious community where members of a particular religious tradition live and work apart from the rest of society. while dedicating themselves to the ideals of their religious tradition. A number of races throughout the galaxy have monasteries - including humans, Vulcans, Bajorans, and Klingons.

A notable human monastery is the one located in Ngari, Tibet. Jonathan Archer once visited the monastery, which was the oldest such institution that he ever visited. (ENT episode The Andorian Incident).

The Vulcan monastery at P'Jem was over 2,000 years old by the 22nd century. At some point, the Vulcan High Command hid a listening post to use against the Andorians - when this was discovered the Andorians responded by destroying P'Jem. (ENT episode The Andorian Incident and Shadows of P'Jem).

Shortly before Kahless died on Qo'nos, he said he would someday return. Kahless picked the location at random when asked where he would reappear. (TNG novel Kahless). The Klingons established a monastery on a planet orbiting the star - which was called Boreth - in which Klingons seeking spirtual guidance would travel, hoping to have a vision of Kahless. Seeing the decline of the Empire, the monks at Boreth created a clone of the original Kahless. After Kahless was revealed to be a clone, Chancellor Gowron backed Worf's plan to install this clone as the ceremonial Emperor. (TNG episode Rightful Heir).