Ole Nydahl

Lama Ole Nydahl
Nydahl 2010
Born	(1941-03-19) 19 March 1941 (age 83) Copenhagen, Denmark
Nationality	Danish
Organization	Diamond Way Buddhism
Title	Lama
Spouses	Hannah Nydahl ​ ​ (m. 1968; died 2007)​ Alexandra Munoz Barboza ​ ​ (m. 2014; div. 2017)​ Anne Behrend ​ ​ (m. 2019)​
Partner(s)	Caty Hartung (1990-2004)
Children	3, including Freya
Website	lama-ole-nydahl.org

Ole Nydahl (born 19 March 1941), also known as Lama Ole, is a lama providing Mahamudra teachings^[1] in the Karma Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism. Since the early 1970s, Nydahl has toured the world giving lectures and meditation courses. With his wife, Hannah Nydahl (1946-2007), he founded Diamond Way Buddhism, a worldwide Karma Kagyu Buddhist organization with over 600 centers for lay practitioners.

Nydahl is the author of more than twenty books (in German and English) about Diamond Way Vajrayana Buddhism, with translations into multiple languages. Titles include The Great Seal: Mahamudra View of Diamond Way Buddhism,The Way Things Are, Entering the Diamond Way, Buddha and Love and Fearless Death.