Lama Ole Nydahl is one of the very few Westerners who is fully qualified as a Lama and Meditation teacher in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. In December 1969 he and his wife, Hannah became the first western students of His Holiness the 16th Gyalwa Karmapa, Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, one of the greatest yogis of this century and the head of the Kagyu Lineage of Tibetan Buddhism. His Holiness asked Hannah and Ole to bring Buddhism to the West. For the last 30 years they have been traveling non-stop, teaching and setting up 360 (summer 2003) meditation centers and groups around the world.

Lama Ole Nydahl is also in the transmission of the Phowa Lineage: The 16th Karmapa brought together Hannah and Ole Nydahl and the Drikung Lama Ayang Tulku, one of the holders of the Phowa practice. Early in 1972 they were the first Westerners to learn a meditation on conscious dying, called "Phowa".

The honorable Tenga Rinpoche and H. E. Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche gave Lama Ole additional Phowa transmissions. Kunzig Shamarpa told Lama Ole to give Phowa to all those who want to receive it. In the fall of 1987 Lama Ole Nydahl taught the Phowa for the first time in Graz/Austria to 130 friends. Now, Lama Ole gives about 13 Phowa courses every year. By the summer of 2003, he has already taught more than 50,000 people "conscious' dying". more

[Skrt.] In the Tibetan language this mantra is pronounced "Om Mani Peme Hung". It is the mantra of Loving Eyes, the compassion of all Buddhas.

Wisdom of a  Buddha. A Buddha has recognized the nature of all things and their manifold types of appearance. Omniscience is a synonym for  Buddhahood or Truth State .

Clear Light Meditation.

[1842 - 1924] Osel Natsog Rangdrol is normally known under the name of Adzom Drukpa, since he was the reincarnation of the great Pema Karpo, a 16th century Drukpa-Kagyu teacher. Osel Natsog Rangdrol realized the nature of mind at age 21 during the practice of the Preliminary Practices. His teacher Pema Dudul advised him to live the life of a yogi. He received the Longchen-Nyingthig transmission from Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo (Phowa Lineage). In the latter part of his life he taught all the great Dzog chen, Palyul and Shechen Lamas of the Nyingma monastery, Kathok. He gave the Longchen-Nyingthig transmission to Jamyang Tschokyi Lodro, a reincarnation of his teacher Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo.