Press Articles
Time Out New York "Wild Westerner"
June 2-8, 2005
As a child in German-occupied Denmark during the Second World War, Lama Ole Nydahl dreamed of fighting for his people - not of battling Nazis in the streets of Copehagen, but of a struggle in the mountains to protect men clad in red skirts. It would stand to reason, then, that the founder of more than 450 Diamond Way Karma Kagyu Buddhist centers throughout the world, and one of the few Western lamas, is not experiencing his first pass on earth. Since meeting his first...
BBC News "An Act of GOD?"
January 3, 2005
The sweeping devastation and intense horror wrought by the south Asia Tsunami will shake the faith of many "believers". How could a God, or some other force for good, have orchestrated a natural disaster with such dreadful consequences?...
The Canberra Times "Death can be..."
May 2, 2003
Lots of us agree with Woody Allen when he says, "I'm not afraid of death, I just don't want to be there when it happens," but Lama Ole Nydahl thinks we should not only take pains to be there but to be alert enough to enjoy the ride into a "pure realm"...
The Sunday Times of London "A Life in the Day of Ole Nydahl"
When I wake up, I try to recollect whatever dreams I've had, 'The last third of a night can be really important for signs.' Then I focus on the Buddha, my friends and my helpers. I think: "Today I will benefit beings." Or "Today I will be really useful to people." There's a meditation I like to do every morning, so that the water in the shower takes away the suffering of all beings. I'm never grumpy, even in the morning. I won't say I'm highly enlightened all the time, but I am deep-down happy. It's part of the job...
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