Posts Tagged ‘Lama Jampa Thaye’
Friday, September 24th, 2010
Lama Ole Nydahl teaching in London, September 2010
On Monday, 20 September 2010, Lama Ole Nydahl arrived in the UK by coach on his annual “channel tour” accompanied by 50 students who were travelling together with him for his teaching programme in the “channel countries” – i.e. those bordering the English Channel – France, the Netherlands, Belgium, England (and Ireland, which in 2008 was incorporated into the English Channel for the purpose of the tour!). After the ferry arrived in Dover, the coach drove to Brighton, where Lama Ole was scheduled to give a lecture entitled “Buddhism in the West” at the extremely popular local venue Komedia, (more…)
Tags: Buddhist marriage, death and rebirth, Ganges Mahamudra, Komedia, Lama Jampa Thaye, pith instructions, Tilopa, University of London
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Monday, June 21st, 2010
Kalachakra Initiation London June 2010
From 14-15 June 2010 Lama Ole Nydahl and several members of the Diamond Way Buddhism sangha attended the initiation of Kalachakra given in London by H.H. Sakya Trizin, the supreme head of the Sakya Lineage of Tibetan Buddhism. This event was organised by Lama Jampa Thaye and the Dechen Community, and Lama Ole Nydahl was invited as a special guest. A full report of H.H. Sakya Trizin’s visit to London, including pictures, can be found on the Dechen blog.
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Tags: Dechen, Kalachakra, Lama Jampa Thaye, London, Sakya Trizin
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Monday, April 19th, 2010
In the second of a series of entries, we present Buddhist books from the “recommended reading list” for students of Diamond Way Buddhism by various authors, together with links to a reliable UK-based supplier, Wisdom Books. This group of books includes life stories of great Buddhist practitioners.
Entering the Diamond Way – Tibetan Buddhism Meets the West
Lama Ole Nydahl
This is the genuinely compelling story, and spiritual odyssey, of Ole and Hannah Nydahl, who in 1968 became the first Western students of the great Tibetan master, His Holiness the 16th Gyalwa Karmapa. Their exciting travels on the worn path between the green lowlands of Europe to the peaks of the Himalayas, led them to experience the skilful teachings of numerous Tibetan lamas who helped transform their lives into “limitless clarity and joy.” From their first contact with Tibetan Buddhism in Kathmandu in the form of a lama with extraordinary psychic powers, Ole and Hannah encountered the full spectrum of the Buddhist view. Their real aim in writing this book is “to form a bridge between two worlds, and especially to share with all who are looking for their true being… an introduction to a time-proven way to Enlightenment.”
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Tags: Aryasura, dharma, Karmapa, Keith Dowman, Lama Jampa Thaye, Lama Ole Nydahl, Machig Labdron, Mahamudra, mahasiddha, Mandarava, Marpa, Milarepa, Robert Beer, Shabkar, Tarthang Tulku, Tilopa, Yeshe Tsogyal
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Friday, September 25th, 2009
Lama Ole Nydahl & Sherab Gyaltsen Rinpoche in London, September 2009
In September 2009 we were very fortunate to be able to welcome two of our precious teachers to London; Sherab Gyaltsen Rinpoche and Lama Ole Nydahl. This was a particularly auspicious occasion, as it was the first time Rinpoche had given teachings in the UK.
Sherab Gyaltsen Rinpoche (born 1950), a highly respected Karma Kagyu lama, holds the title “Maniwa”, given to masters of the Loving Eyes (Tib. Chenrezig) practice who have accomplished at least a billion OM MANI PEME HUNG mantras. Rinpoche was ordained in Rumtek Monastery by the 16th Karmapa. The official programme took place over the weekend of 18-20 September 2009, a course entitled “Meditation in Diamond Way Buddhism”.
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Tags: 8th Karmapa, Chenrezig, compassion, completeion phase, development phase, empowerment, Foundatational Practices, Great Seal, Guru Rinpoche, Jigme Lingpa, Karma Pakshi, Lama Jampa Thaye, London, Loving Eyes, Mahakala, maniwa, meditation, ngondro, Padmasambhava
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Wednesday, July 1st, 2009
17th Karmapa in London, 30 July 2009
In July 2009, H.H. 17th Karmapa, Trinley Thaye Dorje made his third visit to the UK to meet his students and give Buddhist teachings and empowerments. The visit started with a wonderful two-day programme in Manchester, hosted by the Dechen community. Details can be found here and here on the Dechen blog. There is also an article on the Dechen website where Lama Jampa Thaye reflects on the visit of the 16th Karmapa to Manchester in 1977. The Manchester Evening News announced the event and The Times also ran a report.
Diamond Way Buddhism UK then had the great honour of hosting Gyalwa Karmapa in Liverpool and London. He was joined by Nendo Rinpoche, Lama Tsultrim Namgyal, Lama Chopon Gyaltsen, and Lama Karma Wangdu, from Rumtek Monastery.
On the way to London from Manchester on 29 July, Gyalwa Karmapa stopped briefly in Liverpool to bless the Diamond Way Buddhist Centre there. Members of the Liverpool Centre and other groups in the north of the UK made a presentation about the activity of the northern Diamond Way Buddhist centres. He gave the oral transmission for the Four Foundational Practices (Tib. Ngondro) and the Third Karmapa’s Great Seal Wishes.
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Tags: Dechen, dorje, empowerment, Great Seal, guru yoga, Kagyu Lineage, Lama Jampa Thaye, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Marpa, meditation, thaye, trinley
Posted in 17th Karmapa, Buddhist Courses, Diamond Way Buddhism, Event reports, Lama Ole Nydahl, Mahamudra, New London Centre | No Comments »
