The Diamond Way Buddhism UK Blog would like to wish all our readers a very happy Christmas and a prosperous New Year.
2010 was the first year of the blog (although we added some posts retrospectively for 2009). Over 2010 it has become very popular, now with over 450 subscribers. During the year the blog was viewed over 19,000 individuals in over 90 different countries, with most viewers coming from the UK, the USA, Poland and Germany.
Highlights included event reports for the two visits of Lama Ole Nydahl:
- Lama Ole Nydahl in Brighton and London in September 2010
- Lama Ole at the Kalachakra initiation of H.H. Sakya Trizin in London in July 2010
Retrospective event reports for the three visits of H.H. 17th Karmapa Trinley Thaye Dorje:
As well as:
- The opening of our new Brighton Buddhist Centre in March
- The 10-day series of “Space for Mind” events in London in June
- The Nyungne retreat in October/November
Amongst the most popular posts with readers were:
- The famous teaching by Lama Gendun Rinpoche on Prostrations
- The interview with Lama Ole Nydahl from Buddhism Today magazine on the meditation on the 16th Karmapa
- Lama Ole’s comments on “Producing Buddhism”
- The video of Karmapa Thaye Dorje’s speech about Marpa during his 2009 visit to London
- The series of videos of Karmapa Thaye Dorje teaching at KIBI on the “Four Seals of Dharma”
Many also viewed the blog’s events timeline which has been regularly updated as new events were held.
May 2011 bring you all much joy and development!
Other posts which may be of interest :
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Thank you for the good wishes and mostly for the great job you are doing. I am a huge fan and appreciate all the information you share with us. I also confess on spying many articles and translating them for our Diamond Way group page in Spanish (El Salvador).
Do continue the great work!!
Thank you and best wishes also!
thank you for the good wishes and i will continue with Mar’s sentiment of immense gratitude for the wonderful work you are doing. i enjoy all the posts. i am a student of Shamar Rinpoché and very grateful for Lama Ole and the DW centers activities of spreading the dharma in the ten directions!
an ocean of wishes for the coming year! may all your activities continuously lead beings to recognize their natural face! alalaho!
p.s. i love the picture..it is usually known as a “snow angel”…but i instantly recognized it as Thousand-armed Chenrezig!