Lama Ole Nydahl in London September 2010
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.
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).
Lama Ole Nydahl in Brighton September 2010
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 give more in-depth teachings on death and rebirth from the perspective of Diamond Way Buddhism in London on 22 September 2010.
Lama Ole Nydahl
Advertisement for Lama Ole's Baltic Tour 2010
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 the “Baltic Times,” a few excerpts of which are reproduced below. While the transcript is a little rough and ready (which is understandable as English probably wasn’t the native language of the interviewer), there are some really interesting points:
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 for & about him, his travels & his teachings.”
We’ve included an RSS Feed of Lama Ole’s Twitter account in the right-hand column of this blog so you can always see the five latest “tweets”. Other related Twitter accounts include a general one for Diamond Way Buddhism and one for the Europe Center.
Lama Ole Nydahl points out how precious life is in a free society and how we can liberate ourselves from negative emotions. Instead of being prisoners of our thoughts and fears, we can use our potential to transform our lives.
Lama Ole and Hannah Nydahl describe going to Nepal in 1968. This is an excerpt from the final interview that Hannah gave before she died in 2007.
Lama Ole Nydahl will next visit the UK in September, teaching in Brighton and London.
Folowing the request from H.H. 17th Karmapa Trinley Thaye Dorje this May for each Karma Kagyu centre to accumulate one million repetitions of the mantra of Loving Eyes OM MANI PEME HUNG, our UK Diamond Way Buddhist Centres have been busy meditating to accomplish this wish.
Lama Ole’s Twitter