Diamond Way Buddhism is the name used to describe an international association of Buddhist centers founded by Lama Ole Nydahl, a Danish student of the 16th Gyalwa Karmapa. A replica of an ancient statue found among the ruins of a temple at Sarnath Buddhism is a philosophy based on the teachings of the Buddha, SiddhÄrtha Gautama, a prince of the Shakyas, whose lifetime is traditionally given as 566 to 486 BCE. It had subsequently been accepted by... Lama Ole Nydahl (b. ... The Karmapa is the head of the Karma Kagyu (Bka rgyud), the largest of the lineages that make up the Kagyu school, one of the four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism. ...
Diamond Way Buddhism follows the Karma Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism. Karma Kagyu is the largest lineage of the Kagyu school, one of the four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism. ... Tibetan Buddhism — formerly also called Lamaism, after their religious gurus known as lamas — is the body of religious Buddhist doctrine and institutions characteristic of Tibet and the Himalayan region. ...
Organization
The group claims 486 centers and groups in 52 countries, mainly in Europe, Russia and the United States. World map showing Europe Europe is conventionally considered one of the seven continents which, in this case, is more a cultural and political distinction than a physiogeographic one. ...
Lama Ole Nydahl (b. ... In Tibetan Buddhism the Shamarpa also known as Shamar Rinpoche is considered by some to be the second-highest lama in the Kagyu school, next only to the Karmapa. ... Karma Kagyu is the largest lineage of the Kagyu school, one of the four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism. ...
In December 1969, he and his wife, Hannah Nydahl, became the first Western students of the 16th Karmapa, Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, who was a renowned yogi and the head of the Karma Kagyu.
As a result Lama Ole began to teach Buddhism and organize meditation centers, first in his native Denmark and then in Germany and other countries under the title "DiamondWayBuddhism".
Currently, there are over 440 DiamondWay centers throughout the world, mainly in Europe, Russia and the United States.
In the town I live in there are two buddhist centres.One is Zen and the other is Kagyu Diamond way.I have been to the Diamondway centre for a guided meditation session, I found it interesting and the people I met were exactly what I assumed practicing Buddhists would be like.
Diamondway also seems to offer a highly structured method to reaching enlightenment,which would prevent me from perhaps losing my way.
have been to the Diamondway centre for a guided meditation session, I found it interesting and the people I met were exactly what I assumed practicing Buddhists would be like...I have also found that Vajrayana and it's use of physical meditation is the fastest way to reach enlightenment.
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