HH The 16th Karmapa (1924-1981)
HH.17th Karmapa Trinley Thaye Dorje. 
Over 640 Buddhist centres and monasteries located in 51 countries follow the authentically recognised spiritual head of the Karma Kagyu lineage.
Kunzig Shamar Rinpoche 
is second to the Karmapa in the spiritual hierarchy of the Karma Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism.
Lama Ole Nydahl 
and his wife Hannah were the first western students of the 16th Gyalwa Karmapa. In a constant exchange with his students; Lama Ole Nydahl teaches the goal and methods of Diamond Way Buddhism.
Diamondway-Buddhism.org represents 614 lay Diamond Way Buddhist centres and groups of the Karma Kagyu Tradition.
Diamond Way Buddhism UK Diamond Way Buddhism UK represents the Buddhist meditation centres within the Karma Kagyu Lineage of Tibetan Buddhism around the UK. They centres were founded by Lama Ole Nydahl and are under the spiritual authority of H.H. 17th Karmapa Trinley Thaye Dorje.
The London centre The London centre is the longest established Diamond Way Buddhist centre in the UK. It has been at its present location in the heart of London since 1998.
The Europe Centre preserves the living transmission of Diamond Way Buddhism, and is an international meeting point for all Diamond Way groups worldwide.
The Channel Project In June 2003, during the Karma Guen course in Velez-Malaga, Spain, the idea was born to organise a course for students of Lama Ole Nydahl from the countries along the Channel.
The Kagyu Lineage is one of the four major Lineages of Vajrayana Buddhism in Tibet with its main, and the largest branch, the Karma Kagyu.
Teachings of Diamond Way Buddhism have remained a liberating gift to mankind for the last 2500 years with no dogmas, Gods or commandments.