Teachers
the Karmapa
Shamar Rinpoche
Tsechu Rinpoche
Lama Ole Nydahl
 


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Lama Ole Nydahl

"My recipe is simple: tell people the necessity of finding something which can carry them through sickness, aging and death, and don't be afraid to give them a glimpse of your joy of life. Tell people that the mind is like space: open, clear and limitless, and talk about both way and the goal."

Lama Ole Nydahl is one of the very few Westerners who is fully qualified as a Lama and Meditation teacher in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition.

In December 1969 he and his wife, Hannah, became the first western students of H.H. the 16th Gyalwa Karmapa Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, one of the greatest yogis of this century and the head of the Kagyu tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. His Holiness had a profound influence on their lives. He asked Hannah and Ole to bring Buddhism to the West. For the last 27 years they have been traveling non-stop, teaching and setting up meditation Centres around the world.

Lama Ole did his graduate work in Philosophy in Denmark and wrote his thesis on Aldous Huxley's Doors of Perception. He is the author of six books translated into many languages. He and Hannah have founded over 500 Centres worldwide.



Lama Ole and
his wife Hannah
Nydahl. After six months of fighting cancer, Hannah passed away on April 1, 2007 in Copen-hagen, Denmark at the age of 61.


Lama Ole’s letter
about Hannah...


For Lama Ole's
personal website:
click here.

Check his travel
plan
to meet him
personally.


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