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Press release:
For immediate release - 20 January 2008
The Way Things Are
Buddhism for the modern world
Historic First Visit of Western Lama to Hong Kong
Danish Buddhist teacher Lama Ole Nydahl is
visiting Hong Kong for the first time to give a
talk on “The Way Things Are”. He is one of
the few Westerners fully qualified as a Lama
and meditation teacher in the Karma Kagyu
tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. Lama Ole,
together with his late wife Hannah, has so far
founded over 550 Diamond Way Buddhist
meditation centres in 44 countries for people
with jobs, families and other everyday
responsibilities. He is the author of eight books
on Buddhism translated into 18 languages.
With a direct and humorous style, Lama Ole
teaches a fresh, practical, and beyond-cultural
application of Buddhism, providing useful
methods for independent people to turn the
challenges of modern life into opportunities to
develop fearlessness, joy and compassion - the
most important qualities in today's times.
Lama Ole explains that "Buddhist meditations
aim directly for the experience of mind's full
potential – to see that mind's limitless space is
playing here and now, always and everywhere.
Only this insight will secure a true, absolute and
lasting happiness that benefits others and
oneself. Behave like a Buddha until you
become one!”
Buddha probably used the best word himself
when he called his teachings Dharma. For the
last 1,000 years in Tibet, their name was Chö.
Both mean the way things are. Understanding
the way things are is the key to every
happiness and leads to the full development of
body, speech and mind. His advice allows
beings to avoid problems and to enter a state of
increasing joy while also liberating and
enlightening others.
The Diamond Way (Skt. Vajrayana) is the
crown jewel of Buddha’s teachings, employing
methods
of
direct
identification
with
enlightenment for the fastest possible results.
Diamond Way Buddhism is part of the Karma
Kagyu school, one of the three ‘old’ schools of
Tibetan Buddhism headed by the successive
Karmapa incarnations, which puts special focus
on meditation practice.
What: The Way Things Are
Buddhism for the Modern World
A public talk with Buddhist teacher Lama Ole Nydahl
When: Wednesday, 20 October 2007, 7.30pm
Where: Sheung Wan Civic Centre, Lecture Hall, 5F,
345 Queen’s Road Central, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong
Tickets: $80 / HK$40 concession (available via URBTIX from 20 January 2008)
Info: Telephone
Email
Web
2537 7553
[email protected]
www.buddhism.hk
Media contact: Anthony Hopson 6718 9163 (mobile)
Further information, including a full press pack, is available immediately on request
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