Hannah Nydahl
Hannah Nydahl (b. 17 April 1946, Copenhagen - d. 1 April 2007, Copenhagen), former wife of Ole Nydahl, was a teacher and translator in the Diamond Way organisation started by Ole Nydahl.
When honeymooning in the Himalayas, Hannah and her husband met the 16th Karmapa, the spiritual head of the lineage, and became his first Western students. After a period of meditation and study, the 16th Karmapa asked Lama Ole and Hannah to start meditation centres in his name in the West.
Hannah translated numerous books, articles and meditation texts and has interpreted for various Karma Kagyu teachers. She divided her time between travelling with her husband to the many Diamond Way Buddhist Centres they founded and her work with the teachers and meditation centres in the East. Her work included translating for the teaching Lamas at the Karmapa International Buddhist Institute in New Delhi, India, participation in various Buddhist text translation projects.
Despite being told by Thaye Dorje not to travel due to her illnesses, she continued to do so, and died shortly before her 61st birthday from brain and lung cancer in her native Copenhagen.