Tomek Lehnert

Tomek Lehnert was born on August 15, 1956 in Gdańsk, Poland. He studied Civil Engineering at the Polytechnics of Gdansk and English literature at the University of Poznań. He was active in the students' Solidarity movement in Poland in the early eighties. Tomek Lehnert Image from a bio page on him on http://www. ... August 15 is the 227th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (228th in leap years), with 138 days remaining. ... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For alternative meanings of Gdańsk and Danzig, see Gdansk (disambiguation) and Danzig (disambiguation) Motto: Nec temere, nec timide (Neither rashly nor timidly) Voivodship Pomeranian Municipal government Rada miasta Gdańska Mayor Paweł Adamowicz Area 262 km² Population  - city  - urban  - density 461 400 (2003) Ranked 6th 1 035 000 1761/km² Founded... The Falkirk Wheel in Scotland. ... The term English literature refers to literature written in the English language, including literature composed in English by writers not necessarily from England; Joseph Conrad was Polish, Robert Burns was Scottish, James Joyce was Irish, Edgar Allan Poe was American, Salman Rushdie is Indian. ... The Poznan is also a breed of horse. ... Solidarity (Polish: Solidarność; full name: Independent Self-governing Trade Union Solidarity — Niezależny SamorzÄ…dny ZwiÄ…zek Zawodowy Solidarność) is a Polish trade union federation founded in September 1980 at the GdaÅ„sk Shipyards, and originally led by Lech WaÅ‚Ä™sa. ...

In 1983, Lehnert became a practitioner of Buddhism in the Karma Kagyu school. He left Poland in 1985 and during the next three years was co-director of the Karma Kagyu Buddhist center in Copenhagen, Denmark. During that time, he became a close associate and helper of Lama Ole Nydahl. Lehnert has contributed to the Buddhist magazines Kagyu Life in Germany and Diamentowa Droga (Diamond Way) in Poland. Since 1989, he has been involved in setting up Karma Kagyu centers in the Americas, Australia, New Zealand and Russia, as well as Western and Eastern Europe, traveling along with Ole Nydahl. 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Buddhism is a religion and philosophy focusing on the teachings of the Buddha Śākyamuni (Siddhārtha Gautama), who probably lived in the 5th century BCE. Buddhism spread throughout the ancient Indian sub-continent in the five centuries following the Buddhas death, and propagated into Central, Southeast, and East Asia... The Kagyu (Tibetan: བཀའབརྒྱུད་; Wylie: Bka-brgyud) school, also known as the Oral Lineage and the Spotless Practice Lineage school, is one of four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism, the other three being Nyingma (Rnying-ma), Sakya (Sa-skya), and Gelug (Dge-lugs). ... This article is about the year. ... Copenhagen (IPA: , rhyming with pagan, or , with a as in spa; Danish IPA: ) is the capital of Denmark and the countrys largest city (metropolitan population 1,115,035 (2006), at present made up of 16 municipalities. ... Lamas debating in Tashilhunpo Monastery. ... Lama Ole Nydahl, London, 2005 Lama Ole Nydahl (b. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... World map showing the Americas The Americas are the lands of the Western hemisphere consisting of the continents of North America and South America with their associated islands and regions. ... A common understanding of Western Europe in modern times. ... Current division of Europe into five (or more) regions: one definition of Eastern Europe is marked in orange Eastern Europe as a region has several alternative definitions, whereby it can denote: the region lying between the variously and vaguely defined areas of Central Europe and Russia. ... World map showing Europe Europe is one of the seven continents of Earth which, in this case, is more a cultural and political distinction than a physiographic one, leading to various perspectives about Europes borders. ...

In 1998, Lehnert authored a book, Rogues in Robes, describing the conflict around the recognition of the 17th Karmapa Lama. The book contains distinctively critical descriptions of several well-known Tibetan Buddhist teachers, such as Kalu Rinpoche, Chögyam Trungpa, and Akong Rinpoche. 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... The Karmapa lineage is the most ancient tulku lineage in Tibetan Buddhism, pre-dating the Dalai Lama lineage by more than two centuries. ... The Karmapa is the title given to the head of the Karma Kagyu (Bka rgyud), one of the four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism. ... Kalu Rinpoche (1905 - May 10, 1989) was a Buddhist meditation master, scholar and teacher. ... Chögyam Trungpa (1939? - April 4, 1987) was a Buddhist meditation master, scholar, teacher and artist. ... Akong Rinpoche at his 65th Birthday celebration in 2005 Chöje Akong Rinpoche is a tulku in the Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism and founder of Samye Ling Monastery. ...

References

• Tomek Lehnert, Rogues in Robes: An Inside Chronicle of a Recent Chinese-Tibetan Intrigue in the Karma Kagyu Lineage of Diamond Way Buddhism, (Blue Dolphin Publishing 2000); ISBN 1577330269.