Diamond Way Buddhism
This website represents one of over 500 lay Diamond Way Buddhist centers and groups of the Karma Kagyu Tradition under the spiritual guidance of His Holiness the 17th Karmapa, Trinley Thaye Dorje, and directed by Lama Ole Nydahl. They are not abstract institutions but friendly places where all can meet to learn from Buddha's timeless wisdom, meditate, share experience and development, and actively participate and do the work which makes all this possible.
In 1969 Ole Nydahl and his wife Hannah met the 16th Gyalwa Karmapa, historically the first incarnate lama of Tibet. Since then the teachings of Diamond Way Buddhism have gradually found their way to the West. His Holiness asked them to teach, establish meditation centres and ensure that the teachings would remain alive and attractive to intelligent, critical, lay people in the Western world.
If you are interested to learn more about Diamond Way Buddhism, you will find useful information on these websites:
- Diamond Way Buddhism Worldwide: http://www.diamondway-buddhism.org/
- Diamond Way Buddhism Greece: http://www.diamondway-buddhism.gr/
- Diamond Way Buddhism Teachings: http://www.diamondway-teachings.org/
- Website of the 17th Karmapa, Trinley Thaye Dorje: http://www.karmapa.org/
- Website of Lama Ole Nydahl: http://www.lama-ole-nydahl.org/
- Europe Center Project: http://www.europe-center.org/
