page_title: Diamond Way Buddhism
section_title: Hannah Nydahl
hierarchical_section_title: Diamond Way Buddhism / Teachers / Hannah Nydahl
caption_attribution_description: Hannah Nydahl
context_page_description: Diamond Way Buddhism is a lay organization within the Karma Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism. The first Diamond Way Buddhist center was founded in 1972 by Hannah Nydahl and Ole Nydahl in Copenhagen under the guidance of Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, 16th Karmapa. Today there are approximately 650 centers worldwide, directed by Ole Nydahl under the guidance of Trinley Thaye Dorje, one of two claimants to the title of the 17th Karmapa. Buddhist teachers such as Sherab Gyaltsen Rinpoche and Lama Jigme Rinpoche visit Diamond Way Buddhist centers and large meditation courses.
context_section_description: Hannah Nydahl (1946–2007), wife of Ole Nydahl, was an important Danish teacher and translator in the Karma Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism. She was born and died in Copenhagen, Denmark. Hannah and Ole Nydahl were introduced to Buddhism on their honeymoon in Nepal in 1968, where they became students in 1969. She was sometimes referred to as Lamini or female Lama, but the main role of Hannah Nydahl was as a translator, which she didn't mind.
caption: Hannah Nydahl
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