Talk:Hannah Nydahl

Lamini?

I have never heard the word Lamini. All the female lamas i know are called lamas. Can someone cite a source for this word? Billlion 08:02, 26 April 2006 (UTC)

"Lamini" is a Nepalese variant, and it may even qualify as slang. The -ini is an Indic feminine ending. The

source is go to Nepal and report back to us. "I have never heard" isn't really a valid criticism, is it? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.163.65.143 (talk) 18:28, 16 June 2008 (UTC)

The word Lamini doesn't exist. I have only heared it as a joke-word a couple of times. I agree that this should be changed in the article! Thank you. Korrri 10:06, 07 March 2007 (CET)

is there a source, that she is a full qualified Lama? --85.181.14.229 11:08, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

The only source I know about Ole and Hanna being qualified Lamas comes from Ole's books. it is true that they met XVI Karmapa and that they studied with Lama Kalu Rinpoche. Curiously Ole and Hanna began to use the title of Lama four or five years after the death of XVI Karmapa —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 201.209.25.13 (talk) 06:06, 1 April 2007 (UTC).

Ole is referred as Lama by XVII Karmapa as well as by Shamar Rinpoche; so it's sufficient considering that Ole is a teacher of the school they're leading. It's hardly imaginable to think of other kind of approval as "fully qualified".

The three documents at this link ([1]) should clear this further.

AdamHolt 02:31, 22 June 2007 (UTC)I believe the word "lamini" actually comes from Nepal, instead of Tibet, where it is used to mean a female lama.

Dusepo: Your claim that "Despite being told by Thaye Dorje not to travel due to her illnesses, she continued to do so" is an insinuation that Hannah Nydahl would ignore a direct instruction from her teacher. I find it quite poor taste that now she has passed away, you choose to slander her good name. Hannah never spoke unkindly about anyone. From the moment Hannah was diagnosed with cancer she stayed in the Copenhagen Diamond Way buddhist centre, where she guided her students and fulfilled her last activities supporting Karmapa Thaye Dorje and the Kagyu lineage. I understand you have a problem with Lama Ole which you feel it is necessary to bring to Wikipedia. You choose to use your time doing this which is your right, but please can I ask that you show a little more taste and show some respect for a woman who dedicated her whole life to Buddhism and never criticised anybody? I have also reinstated the statement at the beginning of the article that Hannah was a teacher and translator in the Karma Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism, rather than "the Diamond Way Organisation started by Lama Ole Nydahl" as for 35 years she translated for the highest lamas of the school in many contexts, not only amongst the Diamond Way centres which she founded TOGETHER with Lama Ole Nydahl. Vajraspanner 22:24, 4 July 2008

Templates

Just to let you know, I have placed the two neutrality templates on this page because at current it is very one-sided and lacks third party sources. The majority of the sources are from the following:

• Ole Nydahl's books
• Tomek Lehnert's book - he is a close disciple of Ole Nydahl
• Erik D. Curren's book - he is also a close disciple of Ole Nydahl

Please re-write the article to make it more neutral or add more thrird party sources. I will endeavour to do the same. Thanks. Showtime At The Gallow (talk) 19:07, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

Appears neutrality was achieved since 2009, third party sources on the page.

I added more secondary sources as wellBadabara (talk) 07:34, 8 May 2020 (UTC)

Need help with Citation error

I tried to fix the reference (ref # 4) in "involvement with Buddhism" section. Still getting this message, "Cite error: The named reference ENTER was invoked but never defined." Anyone know how to fix it?Badabara (talk) 05:47, 26 April 2020 (UTC)

@Badabara: fixed. that happens where a named reference (<ref name="something"/>) called in the article, but the master ref (<ref name="something"> reference content</ref>) has been previously deleted. The software looks at the shorter named ref, goes looking for the longer full version and can't find it.ThatMontrealIP (talk) 16:47, 26 April 2020 (UTC)

@ThatMontrealIP: Hey thank you so much - once again! Badabara (talk) 03:29, 27 April 2020 (UTC)

"Among the first Western students of 16th Karmapa"

Hi everyone,

The following sentences have a lack of flow: "Hannah and Ole Nydahl were introduced to Buddhism on their honeymoon in Nepal in 1968. Nine years after the British woman Freda Bedi became the first Western student of the 16th Karmapa (1960), the Nydahls became Western students of the Karmapa in 1969."

I imagine there was some back and forth collaboration, or lack of collaboration to get to this. How about simply:

"Hannah and Ole Nydahl were introduced to Buddhism on their honeymoon in Nepal in 1968, and were among the first Westerners to become students of the 16th Karmapa in 1969. (British nun Freda Bedi took refuge in 1960)."

Would that accomplish my goal of making the text read well, while respecting previous editors' wish to mention Freda Bedi? Badabara (talk) 07:20, 8 May 2020 (UTC)

That sounds like a good edit to me, Badabara - AdamHolt 150.198.1.220 (talk) 18:39, 18 May 2020 (UTC)

— Preceding unsigned comment added by 150.198.1.220 (talk) 18:31, 18 May 2020 (UTC) 

A Commons file used on this page or its Wikidata item has been nominated for deletion

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• Face view, Hannah Nydahl, Wisconsin, portrait.jpg

Participate in the deletion discussion at the nomination page. —Community Tech bot (talk) 14:21, 11 May 2020 (UTC)

I contacted representatives of the DWB Archive to see if wikipedia can use the imageBadabara (talk) 20:55, 16 May 2020 (UTC)

I received confirmation from DWB Archive representative... they released the copyright. Should be good now. Badabara (talk) 16:25, 25 May 2020 (UTC)