Common to many Buddhist teachings is the role of the bodhisattva, one who has made the great and generous promise to rescue all beings from suffering and guide them to enlightenment. The work of the bodhisattva is summed up in the paramitas, the six
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This article is a shortened version, edited for publication, of a lecture given by Lama Ole Nydahl in June 2004 in Prague, Czech Republic.
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This interview was conducted by the editors of the German magazine Buddhismus Heute. See the next article by Detlev Göbel for an explanation of who Lama Shang was and how he fits within the Karma Kagyü lineage of Tibetan Buddhism.
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The text here is two excerpts from the new English translation of The Way Things Are by Lama Ole Nydahl. Mantra Books will publish the entire book in 2016.
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The 3rd Karmapa, Rangjung Dorje (1284–1339), achieved great fame and attracted many disciples. A practical man, he built bridges as well as meditation centers, benefiting his countrymen in their daily lives as well as in their spiritual lives. For posterity, he wrote many texts and commentaries, preserving many of the teachings in a form we use today.
One of his important texts is the Aspiration Prayer of Mahamudra. Mahamudra is known today as the “Great Seal.” What follows here is taken from Lama Ole Nydahl’s book, The Great Seal: Limitless Space & Joy: The Mahamudra View of Diamond Way Buddhism (Firewheel Publications, 2011).
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What is the basic function of Diamond Way Buddhist Centers? Buddhism has only one goal: to support the development of mature and independent people. It has no other function than that. Religions of belief build churches or temples for their
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Here we offer Verse 18 of the classic Buddhist Mahamudra text by the 3rd Karmapa, Rangjung Dorje (1284–1339), along with Lama Ole Nydahl’s refreshing and contemporary commentary to that verse. This is an excerpt from Lama Ole’s book The Great Seal: The Mahamudra View of Diamond Way Buddhism (San Francisco: Fire Wheel Publishing, 2004).
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Lama Ole Nydahl’s new book, Fearless Death: Buddhist Wisdom on the Art of Dying, is scheduled to appear in print in January 2013. Check http://www.fearlessdeathbook.com for updated information. What follows here comprises Chapter 6 of that book.
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Lama Ole Nydahl’s new book, Buddha & Love, is being released on May 5, 2012. What follows here is an excerpt from Chapter 5 of that book, “The Secret of Great Love.” It is printed here with permission of the publisher, BRIO Press of Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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