What is Ole Nydahl?
{{infobox person |image =Portrait of Lama Ole Nydahl.jpg |caption=Nydahl 2010 |honorific_prefix=Lama |name=Ole Nydahl |birth_date={{Birth date and age|1941|03|19}} |birth_place=[[Copenhagen]], Denmark |nationality=Danish |organization=[[Diamond Way Buddhism]] |title=[[Lama]] }} '''Ole Nydahl''' (born 19 March 1941 in [[Copenhagen]], [[Denmark]]) is the founder and leader of [[Diamond Way]] Buddhism, an organisation in the [[Kagyu|Karma Kagyu]] school of [[Tibetan Buddhism]]. Since the 1970s he has travelled the world teaching and founding meditation centres. == Teachers == Ole Nydahl’s first teacher was the [[Drukpa|Drukpa-Kagyu]] master [[Lopon Tsechu Rinpoche]]. In December 1969,<ref name=letter>{{Cite web |url=http://www.lama-ole-nydahl.org/olesite/pages/person/dokuments.html |title=A Letter from Shamar Rinpoche |access-date=2008-01-13 |archive-date=2009-02-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090209224823/http://www.lama-ole-nydahl.org/olesite/pages/person/dokuments.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Ole Nydahl and his late wife, [[Hannah Nydahl]] met the 16th [[Karmapa]], [[Rangjung Rigpe Dorje]], a renowned [[yogi]] and the head of the [[Karma Kagyu]] lineage. They were among the first Western students of the 16th Karmapa. Ole Nydahl is also a student of [[Shamarpa|Shamar Rinpoche]]. == Bibliography == Ole Nydahl has written several books in either English or German which have been translated into several European languages. Most popular English titles: * ''Ngondro: The Four Foundational Practices of Tibetan Buddhism''. Blue Dolphin Publishing (1990). {{ISBN|978-0-931892-23-3}} * ''Riding the Tiger: Twenty Years on the Road - Risks and Joys of Bringing Tibetan Buddhism to the West''. Blue Dolphin Publishing (1992). {{ISBN|978-0-931892-67-7}} * ''Entering the Diamond Way: Tibetan Buddhism meets the West''. Blue Dolphin Publishing (1999). {{ISBN|978-0-931892-03-5}} * ''The Great Seal: Limitless Space and Joy - The Mahamudra View of Diamond Way Buddhism''. Fire Wheel Publishing (2004). {{ISBN|0-975295