Lama Ole Nydahl
Ole Nydahl, also known as Lama Ole, is a lama providing Mahamudra teachings in the Karma Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism. Since the early 1970s, Nydahl has toured the world giving lectures and meditation courses. With his wife, Hannah Nydahl (1946-2007), he founded Diamond Way Buddhism, a worldwide Karma Kagyu Buddhist organization with over 600 centers for lay practitioners.
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"Buddha’s advice helps beings by showing how one may consciously become a source of happiness and love."
"The understanding that truth is not neutral, but is instead blissful, is something only meditators and lovers trust."
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