Posts Tagged ‘Buddhist’
Monday, March 29th, 2010
Outside our Brighton Buddhist Centre
Brighton Buddhist centre: On Saturday 20th March 2010 our new centre opened its doors to the public. A converted shop in Baker Street is now home to the new Buddhist centre. It is located in an up-and-coming area of Brighton. In order to celebrate the move to the new premises the members of our Brighton Buddhist centre organised an open day for the locals to meet their new neighbours.
On the day, many interested local people came along for a chat and a cup of tea. Some also took part in guided (more…)
Tags: 16th Karmapa, Buddha, Buddhist, Kagyu Lineage, Karma, Karol Sleczek, Lama Ole Nydahl, meditate, Meditation, Ngondro, open day, Tibetan
Posted in Brighton Buddhist Centre, Diamond Way Buddhism | No Comments »
Sunday, March 21st, 2010
Buddhas in the Swiss Alps (yes, the background is real!)
From 22-24 January 2010, 12 friends took the New London Buddhist Centre road show to Zürich and Amden in Switzerland. Each of our road shows is unique, and following the success of Graz last November, we wanted to continue to make good connections and create positive impressions for the success of the New London Buddhist Centre project. The theme for this road show was “James Bond”. The program also featured typical Swiss cuisine, cheese fondue with powerful pear schnaps, a fantastic party, full English breakfast and of course Buddhist teachings – given by travelling (more…)
Tags: Amden, Buddhist, retreat, road show, Steve James, Stupas, Switzerland, Tara, Zürich
Posted in Diamond Way Buddhism, Event Reports, London Buddhist Centre | 4 Comments »
Monday, March 15th, 2010
Prepared by Dr. Peter Malinowski
Dr. Peter Malinowski
Dr. Peter Malinowski is a Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the School of Natural Sciences & Psychology, Liverpool John Moores University. He is also a close student of Lama Ole Nydahl, a founding member of the Liverpool Diamond Way Buddhist Centre, travelling teacher, trustee of Diamond Way Buddhism UK, and has been instrumental in the establishment of Diamond Way Buddhism in the UK, particularly in the North of England, since 2001. In this brief article he presents an overview of contemporary research into the psychological and physiological effects of Buddhist meditation.
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Tags: brain, Buddhist, Buddhist Meditation, health, Liverpool, Meditation, Peter Malinowski, physiology, psychology, Science, scientific, well being
Posted in Buddhist Meditation, Diamond Way Buddhism, Scientific Research | 1 Comment »
Saturday, January 16th, 2010
This interview with Lama Ole Nydahl is from the very early days of Diamond Way Buddhism in the UK. It appeared in Varsitiy, the independent student weekly newspaper of the University of Cambridge. Lama Ole Nydahl taught in Cambridge at the invitation of Stephen James, who was a student in Cambridge University at the time.
Rock n’ Roll Buddha
Matthew Arlidge communicates with Ole Nydahl about Spirituality and Motorbikes. Varsity, 28 October 1994
Lama Ole Nydahl in Varsity Magazine 1994
Cast a critical eye over the picture above and what do you see? A debonair-yet-macho top Hollywood actor? A ruthless mercenary hot-foot from a bazooka battle with the forces of SPECTRE? Or perhaps even a well ‘ardbouncer from Fifth Avenue? Well you’re wrong matey, so no nubile young banana for you. (more…)
Tags: BMW, Buddha, Buddhist, Cambridge, Christianity, Compassion, Danish, drugs, Interviews, Kagyu, Karma, lama, Matthew Arlidge, sexuality, Stephen James, Tibet, university, Varsity
Posted in Diamond Way Buddhism, Hannah Nydahl, Lama Ole Nydahl, Press | 2 Comments »
Saturday, August 15th, 2009
London Buddhist Centre (Diamond Way) has been offering meditation classes for beginners and experienced practitioners alike since 1997. In this blog post you can find out more about its development and regular activity.
London Buddhist Centre - Press the buzzer!
Our London Buddhist Centre was established in 1997 when Steve James moved to London. Steve was the first British student of Lama Ole Nydahl who was based permanently in the UK. After meeting Lama Ole Nydahl in Japan in 1993, Steve was inspired to start a Diamond Way Buddhist meditation group in Cambridge where he was studying medicine.
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Tags: Buddhism, Buddhist, class, courses, London, meditate, Meditation, Tibetan
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