Diamond Way Buddhism UK Blog

Meeting of Faiths – H.H. 17th Karmapa’s first visit to the UK

dwbuk — Thu, 17 May 2012 16:29:33 +0000

In eager anticipation of the fourth visit to the UK of H.H. 17th Karmapa Trinley Thaye Dorje, we reflect on his first momentous visit in 2005. Here we reproduce a report from the press at the time, it can also be found here. Meeting of Faiths Held The Hindu Forum of Britain hosted an evening [...]

Space For Art Exhibition in Lambeth, 28 May – 3 June 2012

dwbuk — Fri, 11 May 2012 11:06:49 +0000

From May 28 to June 3 this year, Diamond Way Buddhism will be hosting in Lambeth, London an exhibition of Tibetan Buddhist Art. The exhibition is entitled ‘Space for Mind, Space for Art: treasures of Tibetan Buddhism, and contemporary responses’. The website for the event is www.spaceforart.org.uk. Along with the extraordinary exhibition of Tibetan Buddhist [...]

Happy Birthday Gyalwa Karmapa!

dwbuk — Sun, 06 May 2012 01:15:23 +0000

Today, May 6 2012, is the 29th Birthday of H.H. 17th Karmapa Trinley Thaye Dorje, as well as being a “super moon” in some parts of the world. We wish him a long life and much success in his activity worldwide in teaching the Dharma for the benefit of all beings, and look forward very [...]

Interview with Hannah Nydahl

dwbuk — Fri, 04 May 2012 17:07:11 +0000

Hannah Nydahl, together with her husband Lama Ole became the first Western students of H.H. the 16th Karmapa in 1969. A qualified Buddhist teacher in her own right, she worked alongside Lama Ole from the early 1970s up to her death in 2007 to establish Diamond Way Buddhism around the world. A movie about her [...]

Hannah Trailer

dwbuk — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 14:51:52 +0000

A glimpse at the film being made about the life of Hannah Nydahl – a Buddhist pioneer who with her husband Lama Ole Nydahl from 1972 helped to bring Buddhism to the West. The whole film will be available later in the year.

H.H. 17th Karmapa Trinley Thaye Dorje guides a meditation

dwbuk — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 10:40:39 +0000

New Delhi, 1 April 2012: H.H. 17th Karmapa Trinley Thaye Dorje guides a meditation in the Karmapa International Buddhist Institute.

Tenga Rinpoche’s Passing

dwbuk — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 11:09:24 +0000

On March 30, 2012 at 3:24 am Nepali Time, the great and noble teacher Venerable Tenga Rinpoche passed away and entered his ultimate meditation of “thug dam” at his monastery in Kathmandu at the age of 80. Tenga Rinpoche was the Dorje Lopon – tantric master – of Rumtek Monastery in Sikkim and accompanied Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, the great [...]

Lama Gendun Rinpoche: “death, as much as life, is an illusion”

dwbuk — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 00:05:05 +0000

“From the perspective of Dharma, our death is merely a change in the content of what we perceive. The appearences of our present world cease, and they make room for other perceptions. There is no real break: our mind continues to be what it is in its true nature and to perceive with the same tendencies. The frame of [...]

The New London Buddhist Centre and words of support from Lama Jigme Rinpoche

dwbuk — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 16:33:03 +0000

We are inspired each year by Diamond Way Buddhist centres in cities worldwide – where the full benefits of Buddhism have been brought to communities and old factories or derelict buildings rebuilt, transformed and rejuvenated. Now, we now have the opportunity to do the same for London. A new Buddhist centre for London will benefit the [...]

Today is Chotrul Düchen, a “Ten Million Multiplier”

dwbuk — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 00:23:16 +0000

The picture above is a painted detail from an 8th-12th Century palm leaf manuscript of the “Perfection of Wisdom Sutra in 8,000 Lines”, produced by the Nalanda Buddhist University. It survived the destruction of Nalanda University, was preserved in Tibet for hundreds of years and now forms part of the collection of the Asia Society Museum. It [...]

Spotlight on the Warsaw Diamond Way Buddhist Centre

dwbuk — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 22:48:31 +0000

The Warsaw Diamond Way Buddhist centre, known as “Stupa House” (due to its similarity in shape to certain Buddhist monuments) is one of the biggest urban centres of the network of 600+ Diamond Way centres and groups founded by Lama Ole Nydahl worldwide. It also fulfils the role of a national centre for Poland. Here [...]

Quotation of Nagarjuna

dwbuk — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:13:57 +0000

When you understand mind, You understand everything. - Nagarjuna

A Brief History of the Karma Kagyu Lineage of Tibet

dwbuk — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 18:24:34 +0000

This article, by Topga Yulgyal Rinpoche, was taken from “Knowledge in Action,” a Newsletter of the Karmapa International Buddhist Institute (KIBI), New Delhi. The Kagyu lineage, sometimes referred to as the “oral lineage” of Tibet, originated with the great yogi Tilopa, who lived in Northern India around the 10th century A.D. He is considered the [...]

Long Life Wishes for Shamar Rinpoche

dwbuk — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 22:57:31 +0000

Homage to the Lama, the perfect teacher of the Buddha’s teachings. Emanation of the three protectors Avalokiteshvara, Manjushri and Vajrapani, the magnificent one who guides living beings, the master who teaches both the Buddhist scriptures and meditation, Shamarpa, may you stay until the end of cyclic existence! You have through the power of cultivating the [...]

Unconventional lama sings praises of Buddhist meditation – Interview with Lama Ole Nydahl in the Calgary Herald

dwbuk — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 17:43:24 +0000

We just came across this recent interview from the Canadian newspaper, the Calgary Herald. Unconventional lama sings praises of Buddhist meditation BY MARIO TONEGUZZI, CALGARY HERALD NOVEMBER 12, 2011 Lama Ole Nydahl is a contemporary lama who enjoys skydiving, fast motorcycles and bungee jumping. For almost 40 years he’s been busy setting up meditation centres [...]