Welcome to the website of the Diamond Way Karma Kagyu Buddhist Center in Perm.
Our center was founded in 2002 and operates under the spiritual guidance of Lama Ole Nydahl. The head of the Karma Kagyu tradition of Tibetan Buddhism is His Holiness the 17th Gyalwa Karmapa Trinley Thaye Dorje. The center is part of the Russian Association of Diamond Way Buddhists of the Karma Kagyu Tradition, a centralized religious organization. Centers, groups, and communities of practitioners exist in various locations across Russia and operate on a voluntary basis. Maintaining friendly ties with other Buddhist organizations, the Association participates in joint religious events, commemorations, and celebrations dedicated to religious and national holidays.
The Karma Kagyu tradition of Tibetan Buddhism belongs to the Diamond Way (Sanskrit: Vajrayana). It developed in the 11th-12th centuries in India and Tibet. Among the early masters of this tradition, the most famous are Saraha, Tilopa, Naropa, Maitripa (India, 8th-11th centuries), Marpa, Milarepa, and Gampopa (Tibet, 11th-12th centuries). The goal of Diamond Way Buddhist centers is to develop the potential of the mind through the methods of the Buddha and to preserve the rich heritage of Tibetan Buddhism.
The goal of the Buddha's Teaching is the attainment of Enlightenment, or Buddhahood, that is, the full development of the primordial potential of body, speech, and mind for the benefit of all beings. The Buddha taught about absolute and conditioned reality. Through the methods he transmitted, Buddhism is a tool for changing the quality of a person's daily life. The Teaching opens the practitioner to the possibility of experiencing lasting happiness.
The methods by which this goal is achieved are based on the study of Buddhist philosophy, which explains what the world is like, how the human mind works, the cause of suffering, and how to eliminate it. meditation, i.e. practical exercises by which theory is transformed into direct experience; and lifestyle, or the method of maintaining the achieved level of mental development.