Diamond Way Buddhism UK Blog

Lama Ole Nydahl in London 21-22 September 2010

dwbuk — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 06:03:31 +0000

This September Lama Ole Nydahl will visit London as part of his only official public teaching programme in the UK in 2010. His teachings will be preceded by a series of lectures by three of his experienced students who work in the fields of academia and science. Lectures by travelling teachers at SOAS leading up [...]

Lama Ole Nydahl in Brighton, 20 September 2010

dwbuk — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 08:38:50 +0000

Lama Ole Nydahl will teach in Brighton for the first time on 20 September 2010. This is the advertisement for his lecture (click on image to enlarge). The lecture will give an introduction to Diamond Way Buddhism and its practical methods for discovering our innate potential for fearlessness, joy and active compassion. There will be time for questions and [...]

Lama Ole Nydahl on Death And Rebirth – Video

dwbuk — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 09:50:44 +0000

Lama Ole Nydahl is one of the foremost teachers in the West today regarding death and rebirth. In this brief video he explains how our state of our mind in life affects the nature and quality of our experiences in death, and that our true essence is unborn and can never die. Lama Ole Nydahl will [...]

Construction of the Kalachakra Stupa in Greece (video)

dwbuk — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 11:43:04 +0000

Previously we blogged about the Kalachakra Stupa being built in Greece. The construction is almost complete now, ready for the stupa’s inauguration on 21-23 August 2010, which will be attended by people from all over the world including many of us from the UK. Here is a video which captures some of the early stages [...]

17th Karmapa – The Four Seals of Dharma (video)

dwbuk — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 07:42:25 +0000

This is a teaching on “The Four Seals of Dharma” given by H.H. 17th Karmapa Trinley Thaye Dorje on 11 March 2010 at the Karmapa International Buddhist Institute in New Delhi, India. This and many other films are available from http://www.karmapa-news.org/ in high quality DVD format. Photos documenting the life and activities of Gyalwa Karmapa are [...]

Karmapa Prophecies – website for Sylvia Wong’s new book

dwbuk — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 08:38:58 +0000

Previously we blogged about the new book by Sylvia Wong, “The Karmapa Prophecies“. Now there is a website www.thekarmapaprophecies.com which contains further information about the book. The website reproduces the introduction to the new book. Here is an excerpt: Part One: On Prophecies and Visions To help sort out the competing claims in the current controversy, I believe [...]

Kalu Rinpoche on “the essence of the lama”

dwbuk — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 11:39:24 +0000

This quote is from one of the final teachings by Kalu Rinpoche, who was one of the first teachers of Hannah and Lama Ole Nydahl. “What we call the Buddha, or the lama, is not material in the same way as iron, crystal, gold or silver are. You should never think of them with this [...]

17th Karmapa on dedication and aspirations

dwbuk — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:16:57 +0000

The following text, composed by H.H. 17th Karmapa Trinley Thaye Dorje, is from the website of the organising committee of the Kagyu Monlam Chenmo in Bodh Gaya, which will next take place from 27 December 2010 to 3 January 2011. It explains the meaning of the practice of “monlam” or “decication and aspirations”. The [...]

Europe Center summer course – the “building up phase” begins!

dwbuk — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 08:10:36 +0000

Watch this high-speed coverage of the construction of the main tent where the teachings will take place during the Third International Summer Course will at the Europe Center. From 3-15 August, several thousand people will come to the Alps in southern Germany to learn the practice of Phowa and receive Buddhist teachings from Lama Ole [...]

Stupa?

dwbuk — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 13:12:23 +0000

The beautiful picture (click to enlarge) was sent to us from a friend in the London Sangha. It was taken by her friend who was in Great Carrs in the British Lake District at a sunrise at, while searching for a ridge known as Broad Slack, the crash site of a Halifax Bomber which crashed in 1944 [...]

Lama Ole Nydahl – The Bardo of Death and Rebirth

dwbuk — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 14:46:55 +0000

This teaching was published in 1999 in edition 6 of the magazine “Buddhism Today”. We reproduce it here as a “taster”, as Lama Ole has chosen to teach on the subject of Death and Rebirth during his forthcoming visit to the UK. The Bardo of Death and Rebirth – by Lama Ole Nydahl When people [...]

Diamond Way Quote: Marpa and Naropa on the development of the Kagyu Lineage

dwbuk — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 08:29:32 +0000

Marpa: “Please be so kind as to prophecy for me the way our dharma lineage will expand and flourish. Since ultimately there is no difference between the sutras and tantras in their view and realisation, one can hold the teachings – what has been told and what has been realised – of both. Is it [...]

Lama Ole Nydahl in the Baltic Times

dwbuk — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 12:15:50 +0000

Many of Lama Ole’s students take the opportunity to spend time together with him on a leg of his constant travelling schedule. Some friends in the UK recently returned from an exciting time travelling with Lama Ole on his teaching tour in the Baltic countries. During this time he was interviewed in Riga, Latvia by [...]

Lama Ole Nydahl is on Twitter

dwbuk — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 14:52:41 +0000

For those of you who wish to keep up with where Lama Ole Nydahl is on his constant teaching schedule and what he’s been doing, you can now subscribe for updates through the social messaging utility twitter.com. The account description states: “Lama Ole Nydahl is probably the best known western Buddhist teacher. This account tweets [...]

One might as well burst out laughing!

dwbuk — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 13:13:40 +0000

Since everything is but an illusion, Perfect in being what it is, Having nothing to do with good or bad, Acceptance or rejection, One might as well burst out laughing! - Longchen Rabjam (1308-1363)