Lama Ole Nydahl is probably the best known Western Buddhist teacher. He and his wife Hannah met H.H. the 16th Karmapa in Nepal in the late 1960s. They spent three years in the Himalayas as Karmapa's students receiving Buddhist teachings and developing the necessary experience in meditation.

In 1972, Lama Ole was asked by H.H. the 16th Karmapa to teach Buddhism and make it accessible to people in the West. He founded the first European Karma Kagyu centre in his home town of Copenhagen, Denmark. Since then he has travelled around the world teaching in a different city almost every day. He has now started over 600 meditation centres, used by thousands of friends. Since the 16th Karmapa's death in 1981, Lama Ole has directed the Diamond Way Centres of the Karma Kagyu Lineage. This work continues under the spiritual guidance of H.H. the 17th Karmapa Thaye Dorje.

Lama Ole Nydahl is well known for his vivid and authentic Buddhist teachings, always with a touch of dry Danish humour. His lifestyle shows that spontaneous freshness and resting in one's mind belong together.

You can listen to basic Buddhist teachings by Lama Ole on our podcast's page.

Lama Ole has published many books also available in greek:

"Φύση των Πραγμάτων", "Διαμαντένιος Δρόμος", "Μαχαμούντρα (Η Μεγάλη Σφραγίδα)", " Νέντρο" , "Ράχη του Τίγρη".

Lama Ole Nydahl