Meditation

The practice itself. Guru yoga on the 16th Karmapa, the Ngöndro preliminaries, phowa, the conscious dying meditation taught in courses of a few days, and the group meditations that fill a hall.

Part of Lama Ole Nydahl

23 moments in this segment.

1. 1970 - Ngöndro with Kalu Rinpoche. Studying in the Himalayas, the Nydahls received the Four Foundational Practices (Ngöndro) from Kalu Rinpoche in 1970–71, and the Bodhisattva Promise from Shamar Rinpoche in 1970, completing the preliminary practices in just six months.
2. 1987 - The first Phowa courses. In 1987 Shamar Rinpoche, the second-highest Lama of the Karma Kagyu after the Karmapa, asked Lama Ole to give Phowa courses, the practice of conscious dying, to Western students. He gave the first course in Graz, Austria. To date he has given this meditation to over 75,000 students. (Photo: Shamar Rinpoche and Lama Ole.)
3. 2016 - A meditation course. Guiding a meditation course, the heart of his work, teaching lay people to recognise the nature of mind. (Photo from his site.)
4. 2016 - Diamond Way meditation (1 of 20). Diamond Way meditation at the Europe Center, the practice on the Karmapa and the nature of mind that Lama Ole taught to lay people across more than sixty countries.
5. 2016 - Diamond Way meditation (2 of 20). Diamond Way meditation at the Europe Center, the practice on the Karmapa and the nature of mind that Lama Ole taught to lay people across more than sixty countries.
6. 2016 - Diamond Way meditation (3 of 20). Diamond Way meditation at the Europe Center, the practice on the Karmapa and the nature of mind that Lama Ole taught to lay people across more than sixty countries.
7. 2016 - Diamond Way meditation (4 of 20). Diamond Way meditation at the Europe Center, the practice on the Karmapa and the nature of mind that Lama Ole taught to lay people across more than sixty countries.
8. 2016 - Diamond Way meditation (5 of 20). Diamond Way meditation at the Europe Center, the practice on the Karmapa and the nature of mind that Lama Ole taught to lay people across more than sixty countries.
9. 2016 - Diamond Way meditation (6 of 20). Diamond Way meditation at the Europe Center, the practice on the Karmapa and the nature of mind that Lama Ole taught to lay people across more than sixty countries.
10. 2016 - Diamond Way meditation (7 of 20). Diamond Way meditation at the Europe Center, the practice on the Karmapa and the nature of mind that Lama Ole taught to lay people across more than sixty countries.
11. 2016 - Diamond Way meditation (8 of 20). Diamond Way meditation at the Europe Center, the practice on the Karmapa and the nature of mind that Lama Ole taught to lay people across more than sixty countries.
12. 2016 - Diamond Way meditation (9 of 20). Diamond Way meditation at the Europe Center, the practice on the Karmapa and the nature of mind that Lama Ole taught to lay people across more than sixty countries.
13. 2016 - Diamond Way meditation (10 of 20). Diamond Way meditation at the Europe Center, the practice on the Karmapa and the nature of mind that Lama Ole taught to lay people across more than sixty countries.
14. 2016 - Diamond Way meditation (11 of 20). Diamond Way meditation at the Europe Center, the practice on the Karmapa and the nature of mind that Lama Ole taught to lay people across more than sixty countries.
15. 2016 - Diamond Way meditation (12 of 20). Diamond Way meditation at the Europe Center, the practice on the Karmapa and the nature of mind that Lama Ole taught to lay people across more than sixty countries.
16. 2016 - Diamond Way meditation (13 of 20). Diamond Way meditation at the Europe Center, the practice on the Karmapa and the nature of mind that Lama Ole taught to lay people across more than sixty countries.
17. 2016 - Diamond Way meditation (14 of 20). Diamond Way meditation at the Europe Center, the practice on the Karmapa and the nature of mind that Lama Ole taught to lay people across more than sixty countries.
18. 2016 - Diamond Way meditation (15 of 20). Diamond Way meditation at the Europe Center, the practice on the Karmapa and the nature of mind that Lama Ole taught to lay people across more than sixty countries.
19. 2016 - Diamond Way meditation (16 of 20). Diamond Way meditation at the Europe Center, the practice on the Karmapa and the nature of mind that Lama Ole taught to lay people across more than sixty countries.
20. 2016 - Diamond Way meditation (17 of 20). Diamond Way meditation at the Europe Center, the practice on the Karmapa and the nature of mind that Lama Ole taught to lay people across more than sixty countries.
21. 2016 - Diamond Way meditation (18 of 20). Diamond Way meditation at the Europe Center, the practice on the Karmapa and the nature of mind that Lama Ole taught to lay people across more than sixty countries.
22. 2016 - Diamond Way meditation (19 of 20). Diamond Way meditation at the Europe Center, the practice on the Karmapa and the nature of mind that Lama Ole taught to lay people across more than sixty countries.
23. 2016 - Diamond Way meditation (20 of 20). Diamond Way meditation at the Europe Center, the practice on the Karmapa and the nature of mind that Lama Ole taught to lay people across more than sixty countries.