Meditation is the most important part of our path. We have a complete practice in our Kagyu school, where we first learn, then think about what we have learned and finally meditate. These three—learning, thinking, meditating—are necessary for any kind
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What follows is an excerpt from an interview with Hannah Nydahl that was conducted by Angelika Prenzel and Kerstin Seifert. A longer version of this conversation appeared in Dakinis: Life Stories of Female Buddhas, edited by Angelika Prenzel and published by Buddhistischer Verlag in 2007.
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Hannah Nydahl died on April 1, 2007. She was 60 years old. For the last 35 years, alongside her husband Lama Ole Nydahl and virtually without pause, she worked for the growth and development of Tibetan Buddhism in the West. She was a lama in the Karma Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism. She worked closely with some of the most significant meditation masters and spiritual leaders of Tibetan Buddhism—beginning with Lopon Tsechu Rinpoche, then with H.H. the 16th Gyalwa Karmapa Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, H.H. the 14th Kunzig Shamar Rinpoche, Kalu Rinpoche, and most recently with H.H. the 17th Karmapa Trinley Thaye Dorje.
This is the second and final installment of a talk that Hannah Nydahl gave at a course on H.H. the 16th Gyalwa Karmapa Rangjung Rigpe Dorje in Leverkusen, Germany in 2005. Part I appeared in Buddhism Today No. 20. This
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Editor’s Note: This interview with H.H. the 17th Karmapa Trinley Thaye Dorje took place during his European tour in the summer of 2005. The questions came from a number of Diamond Way Buddhist students and were put to the 17th
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