Diamond Way Buddhism Montenegro

An International Summer Course is one of the most important and largest events in our Diamond Way school. Let’s spend this precious time together!

“You are Buddhism. Buddhism is not something outside, it is not something else. Buddhism is the way you eat, drink, make love, think, feel; all this is Buddhism. Never have there been so many educated, independent people with so much ability as we find today. This has never happened before. For the first time in history we are on a world-wide scale, held together by friendship and idealism that can produce this wonderful thing called Mahamudra communities.”

Lama Ole Nydahl – San Francisco 1995

Spontaneous beautiful lecture by Hania from Poland🌹
Sparking, playful yogini mind💎

Joyful greetings from our noble last row🤠
A Ngondro day with the sangha friends💎

Yesterday, we had an Open Day in the Buddhist center. Despite the heavy heat, we had a few guests interested in Buddha’s teachings.

Thank you, everyone, for the openness towards something new and meaningful 🙏

An intensely beautiful weekend we had with Maxi and Gerhard. Public lecture in Budva and Bar together with the 8th Karmapa course in between.

Dense meditation days, work together, lots of joy and thankfulness to the Lama for making it all possible💎

Dear friends, we warmly invite everyone to the Open Day in Budva 🤗

We will have two parts of the program.
You can join any of them.

Part I

11:00-11:30 Introduction to the Buddhist Center
11:30-12:30 Lecture on Buddhism + Q&A + Meditation
12:30-13:20 Movie screening
13:20-14:00 Tea, informal communication

Part II

15:00-15:30 Introduction to the Buddhist Center
15:30-16:30 Lecture on Buddhism + Q&A + Meditation
16:30-17:20 Movie screening
12:20-18:00 Tea, informal communication

The event will be in English and Russian.

📍Budva Buddhist Center
(Prvomajska 7A, behind the Pavlina building)
📆 June 28
💸 Free

See you there 💎

ENG below👇

Mnogi ljudi na Zapadu smatraju budizam oblikom filozofije. To je tačno utoliko što su Budina učenja potpuno logična. Međutim, filozofija djeluje na nivou pojmova i ideja. Čovjek može uživati u savršeno izgrađenom argumentu, a zatim knjigu vratiti na policu.

Budina učenja, međutim, prevazilaze pojmove. Ona donose praktičnu i trajnu transformaciju tijela, govora i uma. Pomažući ljudima da postanu svjesni svakodnevnog funkcionisanja sopstvenog uma, kao i pružajući pogled na svijet koji prevazilazi ličnu perspektivu, Budina učenja duboko mijenjaju one koji ih primjenjuju u svom životu.

„Budizam u savremenom svijetu“ tema je predavanja koje će održati budistički učitelji iz Austrije – učenici Lame Olea Nidala – Gerhard i Maksi Kukuvec.

Predavanje će biti održano na engleskom jeziku uz prevod na crnogorski.

📍 Budva
19. juna
19:00
Amfiteatar Akademije znanja

📍 Bar
23. juna
19:00
Focuss.Space

Ulaz je slobodan uz preporučeni dobrovoljni prilog od 6 eura*.
*Sva prikupljena sredstva koriste se za pokrivanje organizacionih troškova.

ENG:
Many people in the West may see Buddhism as a form of philosophy. This is true to the degree that Buddha’s teachings are completely logical. But philosophy works on the level of concepts. One takes pleasure in a perfect argument and then puts the book back on the shelf.

Buddha’s teachings, however, go beyond concepts. They produce practical and lasting transformation of body, speech, and mind. Making people aware of the daily functioning of their minds, as well as supplying a beyond personal view of the outer world, Buddha’s teachings deeply transform those practicing them.

“Buddhism in Everyday Life” is the topic of the lecture, which will be held by Buddhist teachers from Austria – students of Lama Ole Nydahl – Gerhard and Maxi Kukuvec.

The lecture will be in English with a translation into Montenegrin.

📍 BUDVA
June 19
19:00
Akademija Znanja

📍 BAR
June 23
19:00
Focuss.Space

Free admission with a recommended donation of 6 euros*.
*All proceeds go to cover organizational costs.

Dearest Lama Ole, may we realize all the teachings you gave to us. May your tireless activity will touch even more hearts. May we meet again and again!

With deep gratitude, openness, and devotion.

Absolutely beautiful Dharma weekend with Afonso Costa💎
This time we went up above Budva to spend a couple of days and nights together. Eating, swimming, meditating, and strengthening our bonds. Thank you everyone for organizing and participating❤️

Happy birthday, dearest Lama Ole! Our main source of inspiration, devotion, and the goal itself. May your activity continue to spread and touch as many beings as possible. May your strong Viking body remain strong and healthy as long as possible. With deep love and gratitude, your students.

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How do the disturbing emotions transform into the buddha wisdoms, and what do these wisdoms mean?

Lama Ole’s answer:

When looking at disturbing emotions, our view is very important: From the view of the eagle, everything is wisdom. From the view of the mole, everything is a disturbing emotion. Only few take the eagle’s view, while most experience anger, jealousy, etc. But if one doesn’t respond to the emotions, if one simply lets them appear in mind and dissolve in mind again, then an entirely new dimension appears, a completely new experience—the way coal dust transforms into diamonds.

When anger dissolves again, mirror-like wisdom appears—like a mirror showing everything as it is. One sees things and recognizes them precisely for what they are. One doesn’t add or remove anything. This ability to see clearly is compared to the lucidity of a diamond.

In the case of pride, one has the chance to transform narrow pride—thinking, “I am better than you!”—into all-inclusive pride, thinking, “We all are great!” And when pride dissolves back into the mind, then one suddenly recognizes that everything is composed of a great number of conditions. Nothing appears by itself; everything is interdependent. This is called equalizing wisdom, because everything takes on the same taste of richness—like jewels that shine by themselves.