Teachings & Books
Him teaching. The lectures and question sessions from a low seat, the books and their translations, the interviews, and the recorded courses that carried the same material to centres he could not reach.
Part of Lama Ole Nydahl
22 moments in this segment.
- - Book: "Riding the Tiger". A twenty-year account of establishing Tibetan Buddhist centers in the West, its challenges and spiritual developments. Published 1992.
- - The Diamantweg foundation. In 1999 Lama Ole and Hannah Nydahl, Caty Hartung and the Buddhistischer Dachverband Diamantweg e.V. founded the charitable foundation "Buddhismus Stiftung Diamantweg". Lama Ole donates his entire intellectual property to it. The same year he published "Entering the Diamond Way". (Photo: Hannah and Lama Ole with Caty Hartung.)
- - Book: "Entering the Diamond Way". An introduction to Tibetan Buddhism through Lama Ole and Hannah’s own spiritual journey in the Himalayas.
- - Book: "The Great Seal". A commentary on the Mahamudra teachings, describing the basis, path and goal of Diamond Way Buddhism. Published 2004.
- - "Timeless Values" at the European Parliament. In 2008 Lama Ole officially opened the exhibition "Timeless Values, Treasures of Himalayan Art" in the European Parliament in Brussels, showing over 40 exhibits from Nepal, India and Bhutan. (Photo: at the European Parliament in Brussels.)
- - Book: "The Way Things Are". A contemporary Buddhist approach for modern practitioners. Published 2008.
- - Lama Ole Nydahl: Inner Freedom. A teaching on inner freedom, from the Diamond Way Buddhism channel.
- - Lama Ole Nydahl: Buddhism in the West. On bringing the Buddha’s teachings to modern Western lay people.
- - Lama Ole Nydahl: How Real Is Reality?. A teaching on the nature of experience and mind.
- - Lama Ole Nydahl: How to Be Useful for Others. On meaningful, compassionate action in daily life.
- - Lama Ole Nydahl: Meaningful Action - the Way to Happiness. On conduct on the path to lasting happiness.
- - Lama Ole Nydahl: The Nature of Mind. A core Mahamudra teaching on the radiant, open nature of mind.
- - Lama Ole Nydahl: Keeping the Highest View. On holding the Diamond Way view in everyday life.
- - Forty years of Diamond Way. The year 2012 marked the 40-year anniversary of Lama Ole’s work and of Diamond Way Buddhism in the West. The 17th Gyalwa Karmapa and other high Kagyu lamas took the opportunity to thank him for his unceasing activity for Buddhism in the West.
- - Book: "Buddha and Love". Relationship wisdom through Buddhist principles, with practical guidance for both partners. Published 2012.
- - Lama Ole Nydahl: 40 Years of Teaching Diamond Way Buddhism. Marking four decades of bringing the Karma Kagyu lineage to the West.
- - Book: "Fearless Death". A Buddhist perspective on dying and death, presenting it as a transition and an opportunity for realising the mind’s true nature. Published 2013.
- - An interview for Politiken. Lama Ole Nydahl gives an interview to the Danish newspaper Dagbladet Politiken at the Diamond Way Buddhist Centre in Copenhagen. (From the "East Meets West" gallery.)
- - Lama Ole Nydahl: No Mind, No Problem. A full lecture (English) on the open, fearless nature of mind, from the Diamond Way archive.
- - Teaching, course by course. Half a century of teaching, course after course, around the world twice a year. (Photo from his site.)
- - On the seat, in dialogue. Lama Ole in dialogue with students, direct, fearless, often funny. (Photo from his site.)
- - Teaching to the end. Even in his eighties Lama Ole kept teaching, meditation courses, lectures and online meetings from the Europe Center, reaching students worldwide. (Photo: Lama Ole working, 2024.)
