Lama Ole Nydahl and his wife Hannah studied Buddhism under H.H., the 16th Gyalwa Karmapa Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, and at their teacher's wishes, traversed the globe spreading Buddhism to the West. For more than three decades, until her untimely death from cancer in 2007, the Nydahls introduced thousands of students to meditation and a new way of seeing the world. Nydahl continues to travel and teach in over 600 Diamond Way Buddhist centers around the world.