Stupas

The monuments. The Long Life and Victory stupas, the Enlightenment Stupa at the Europe Center, the Copenhagen and Benalmádena projects, the inaugurations and consecrations, and what is placed inside one.

Part of Lama Ole Nydahl

40 moments in this segment.

1. 2003 - Return to teaching at the Benalmádena Stupa. In October 2003, during an initiation at the largest stupa ever built in the Western world, the 33-metre Stupa of Enlightenment in Benalmádena, Spain, built by Lopön Tsechu Rinpoche, Lama Ole resumed his duties as a Buddhist teacher. (Photo: the Benalmádena stupa.)
2. 2006 - Rabjam Rinpoche at the Graz Stupa. Rabjam Rinpoche and Lama Ole Nydahl at the Stupa in Graz. (From the "East Meets West" gallery.)
3. 2007 - The Europe Center Stupa inauguration (1 of 16). The inauguration of the stupa at the Europe Center with Maniwa Lama Sherab Gyaltsen Rinpoche, on the Große Alpsee.
4. 2007 - The Europe Center Stupa inauguration (2 of 16). The inauguration of the stupa at the Europe Center with Maniwa Lama Sherab Gyaltsen Rinpoche, on the Große Alpsee.
5. 2007 - The Europe Center Stupa inauguration (3 of 16). The inauguration of the stupa at the Europe Center with Maniwa Lama Sherab Gyaltsen Rinpoche, on the Große Alpsee.
6. 2007 - The Europe Center Stupa inauguration (4 of 16). The inauguration of the stupa at the Europe Center with Maniwa Lama Sherab Gyaltsen Rinpoche, on the Große Alpsee.
7. 2007 - The Europe Center Stupa inauguration (5 of 16). The inauguration of the stupa at the Europe Center with Maniwa Lama Sherab Gyaltsen Rinpoche, on the Große Alpsee.
8. 2007 - The Europe Center Stupa inauguration (6 of 16). The inauguration of the stupa at the Europe Center with Maniwa Lama Sherab Gyaltsen Rinpoche, on the Große Alpsee.
9. 2007 - The Europe Center Stupa inauguration (7 of 16). The inauguration of the stupa at the Europe Center with Maniwa Lama Sherab Gyaltsen Rinpoche, on the Große Alpsee.
10. 2007 - The Europe Center Stupa inauguration (8 of 16). The inauguration of the stupa at the Europe Center with Maniwa Lama Sherab Gyaltsen Rinpoche, on the Große Alpsee.
11. 2007 - The Europe Center Stupa inauguration (9 of 16). The inauguration of the stupa at the Europe Center with Maniwa Lama Sherab Gyaltsen Rinpoche, on the Große Alpsee.
12. 2007 - The Europe Center Stupa inauguration (10 of 16). The inauguration of the stupa at the Europe Center with Maniwa Lama Sherab Gyaltsen Rinpoche, on the Große Alpsee.
13. 2007 - The Europe Center Stupa inauguration (11 of 16). The inauguration of the stupa at the Europe Center with Maniwa Lama Sherab Gyaltsen Rinpoche, on the Große Alpsee.
14. 2007 - The Europe Center Stupa inauguration (12 of 16). The inauguration of the stupa at the Europe Center with Maniwa Lama Sherab Gyaltsen Rinpoche, on the Große Alpsee.
15. 2007 - The Europe Center Stupa inauguration (13 of 16). The inauguration of the stupa at the Europe Center with Maniwa Lama Sherab Gyaltsen Rinpoche, on the Große Alpsee.
16. 2007 - The Europe Center Stupa inauguration (14 of 16). The inauguration of the stupa at the Europe Center with Maniwa Lama Sherab Gyaltsen Rinpoche, on the Große Alpsee.
17. 2007 - The Europe Center Stupa inauguration (15 of 16). The inauguration of the stupa at the Europe Center with Maniwa Lama Sherab Gyaltsen Rinpoche, on the Große Alpsee.
18. 2007 - The Europe Center Stupa inauguration (16 of 16). The inauguration of the stupa at the Europe Center with Maniwa Lama Sherab Gyaltsen Rinpoche, on the Große Alpsee.
19. 2010 - The Kalachakra Stupa in Greece. On 23 August 2010 the Kalachakra Stupa in Karma Berchen Ling, Greece, was inaugurated after more than 20 years of preparation, initiated by Lopön Tsechu and accomplished by Lama Chogdrup Dorje. Over 2,500 Buddhists joined the ceremony. (Photo: Lama Ole and Lama Chogdrup Dorje during the 48-hour Kalachakra meditation, Greece, August 2010.)
20. 2011 - The Salzburg Stupa inauguration. The stupas of the lineage kept rising across Europe. (Gallery: Sherab Gyaltsen Rinpoche, the Mayor of Salzburg and Lama Ole Nydahl at the stupa inauguration in Salzburg, 2011.)
21. 2019 - The Long Life Stupa (1 of 18). The Long Life (Victory) Stupa, one of the monuments to enlightenment raised by the Diamond Way, of the kind Lama Ole and his students built across the Western world.
22. 2019 - The Long Life Stupa (2 of 18). The Long Life (Victory) Stupa, one of the monuments to enlightenment raised by the Diamond Way, of the kind Lama Ole and his students built across the Western world.
23. 2019 - The Long Life Stupa (3 of 18). The Long Life (Victory) Stupa, one of the monuments to enlightenment raised by the Diamond Way, of the kind Lama Ole and his students built across the Western world.
24. 2019 - The Long Life Stupa (4 of 18). The Long Life (Victory) Stupa, one of the monuments to enlightenment raised by the Diamond Way, of the kind Lama Ole and his students built across the Western world.
25. 2019 - The Victory Stupa in Copenhagen. On 20 July 2019 the Victory Stupa (Long Life Stupa) in the garden of the Copenhagen "Mother Center" was inaugurated, with Maniwa Lama Sherab Gyaltsen Rinpoche and Lama Ole and many hundreds of Buddhists from all over the world. (Photo: consecration of the Victory Stupa in Copenhagen, 2019.)
26. 2019 - The Long Life Stupa (5 of 18). The Long Life (Victory) Stupa, one of the monuments to enlightenment raised by the Diamond Way, of the kind Lama Ole and his students built across the Western world.
27. 2019 - The Long Life Stupa (6 of 18). The Long Life (Victory) Stupa, one of the monuments to enlightenment raised by the Diamond Way, of the kind Lama Ole and his students built across the Western world.
28. 2019 - The Long Life Stupa (7 of 18). The Long Life (Victory) Stupa, one of the monuments to enlightenment raised by the Diamond Way, of the kind Lama Ole and his students built across the Western world.
29. 2019 - The Long Life Stupa (8 of 18). The Long Life (Victory) Stupa, one of the monuments to enlightenment raised by the Diamond Way, of the kind Lama Ole and his students built across the Western world.
30. 2019 - The Long Life Stupa (9 of 18). The Long Life (Victory) Stupa, one of the monuments to enlightenment raised by the Diamond Way, of the kind Lama Ole and his students built across the Western world.
31. 2019 - The Long Life Stupa (10 of 18). The Long Life (Victory) Stupa, one of the monuments to enlightenment raised by the Diamond Way, of the kind Lama Ole and his students built across the Western world.
32. 2019 - The Long Life Stupa (11 of 18). The Long Life (Victory) Stupa, one of the monuments to enlightenment raised by the Diamond Way, of the kind Lama Ole and his students built across the Western world.
33. 2019 - The Long Life Stupa (12 of 18). The Long Life (Victory) Stupa, one of the monuments to enlightenment raised by the Diamond Way, of the kind Lama Ole and his students built across the Western world.
34. 2019 - The Long Life Stupa (13 of 18). The Long Life (Victory) Stupa, one of the monuments to enlightenment raised by the Diamond Way, of the kind Lama Ole and his students built across the Western world.
35. 2019 - The Long Life Stupa (14 of 18). The Long Life (Victory) Stupa, one of the monuments to enlightenment raised by the Diamond Way, of the kind Lama Ole and his students built across the Western world.
36. 2019 - The Long Life Stupa (15 of 18). The Long Life (Victory) Stupa, one of the monuments to enlightenment raised by the Diamond Way, of the kind Lama Ole and his students built across the Western world.
37. 2019 - The Long Life Stupa (16 of 18). The Long Life (Victory) Stupa, one of the monuments to enlightenment raised by the Diamond Way, of the kind Lama Ole and his students built across the Western world.
38. 2019 - The Long Life Stupa (17 of 18). The Long Life (Victory) Stupa, one of the monuments to enlightenment raised by the Diamond Way, of the kind Lama Ole and his students built across the Western world.
39. 2019 - The Long Life Stupa (18 of 18). The Long Life (Victory) Stupa, one of the monuments to enlightenment raised by the Diamond Way, of the kind Lama Ole and his students built across the Western world.
40. 2023 - The Enlightenment Stupa at the Europe Center. On 5 August 2023 the Enlightenment Stupa, built on Lama Ole’s wish under Venerable Nedo Kuchung Rinpoche on the grounds of the Europe Center, was inaugurated, the consecration presided over by H.H. the 17th Gyalwa Karmapa during the Summer Course, marking the completion of the building phase begun in 2007. (Photo: consecration of the Stupa of Enlightenment at the Europe Center, 2023.)