# klucznik.net — Adam Klukowski

> The personal site of Adam Klukowski, photographer and software engineer, and home of the photo gallery "Lama Ole Nydahl — Selected Frames".

- Home: https://klucznik.net
- Photos (all galleries): https://klucznik.net/photos
- Adam Klukowski on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/klukowski/
- Contact: adam@klucznik.net

## Lama Ole Nydahl — Selected Frames

> 54 candid photographs of Lama Ole Nydahl, Danish Buddhist teacher and founder of Diamond Way Buddhism, from lectures, courses and travels, 2006–2014.

- Page: https://klucznik.net/photos/lama-ole-nydahl
- Photographer: Adam Klukowski (https://klucznik.net)
- Subject: Lama Ole Nydahl (born 1941), Danish teacher who, with his wife Hannah, founded Diamond Way Buddhism in the Karma Kagyu lineage, at the wish of the 16th Karmapa, Rangjung Rigpe Dorje
- Photographs: 54, taken between 2006 and 2014 in 9 countries and Hong Kong: Austria, Poland, Spain, Hong Kong, Bulgaria, Venezuela, the USA, Russia, Israel and Peru
- Soundtrack: Mantra of Mahakala, framed by a Mahakala puja recorded in 2003 at the Karmapa monastery in Kalimpong, India (https://klucznik.net/photos/lama-ole-nydahl/mahakala_puja_kalimpong.m4a)
- Coda: butter lamps at Boudhanath Stupa, Kathmandu, Nepal (2003)
- Map: the hero world map marks the 15 photo locations and lights one small butter lamp per visitor, placed by city from the site's analytics; a first-time visitor's own lamp is placed from their browser time zone
- Share links: every photo has its own address, for link previews: https://klucznik.net/photos/lama-ole-nydahl/p/<photo id> (for example https://klucznik.net/photos/lama-ole-nydahl/p/IMG_2682); the globe of visitor lamps: https://klucznik.net/photos/lama-ole-nydahl/space
- Last updated: 2026-09-29

## Photographs

- [Warsaw, Poland — 2013](https://klucznik.net/photos/lama-ole-nydahl/lama_ole_nydahl_by_adam_at_klucznik_net_IMG_2682.jpg): Close-up of Lama Ole Nydahl with his head bowed, glasses low on his nose
- [Hong Kong — 2008](https://klucznik.net/photos/lama-ole-nydahl/lama_ole_nydahl_by_adam_at_klucznik_net_DSC_0359.jpg): Lama Ole Nydahl in a red LIFE t-shirt sits at a microphone, a painted thangka behind him
- [Kuchary, Poland — 2013](https://klucznik.net/photos/lama-ole-nydahl/lama_ole_nydahl_by_adam_at_klucznik_net__MG_9439.jpg): Lama Ole Nydahl rests his hand on a younger man's shoulder among people outdoors
- [Warsaw, Poland — 2014](https://klucznik.net/photos/lama-ole-nydahl/lama_ole_nydahl_by_adam_at_klucznik_net__MG_6573.jpg): Lama Ole Nydahl presses his hand to the head of a kneeling man in a dark, crowded room
- [Hong Kong — 2008](https://klucznik.net/photos/lama-ole-nydahl/lama_ole_nydahl_by_adam_at_klucznik_net_DSC_0701.jpg): Lama Ole Nydahl in a pale blue polo shirt cups the head of a smiling older woman
- [Warsaw, Poland — 2013](https://klucznik.net/photos/lama-ole-nydahl/lama_ole_nydahl_by_adam_at_klucznik_net_IMG_2673.jpg): Close-up of Lama Ole Nydahl bowing his head to a person's head, his hand cupping it
- [Schwarzenberg, Austria — 2006](https://klucznik.net/photos/lama-ole-nydahl/lama_ole_nydahl_by_adam_at_klucznik_net_DSC_5965.jpg): Seen from behind, Lama Ole Nydahl in a red t-shirt embraces a blonde woman in front of a seated audience
- [Hong Kong — 2008](https://klucznik.net/photos/lama-ole-nydahl/lama_ole_nydahl_by_adam_at_klucznik_net_ole_hkg.jpg): Lama Ole Nydahl sits reading late at night, his face lit by a desk lamp, a laptop glowing in the dark foreground
- [Kuchary, Poland — 2007](https://klucznik.net/photos/lama-ole-nydahl/lama_ole_nydahl_by_adam_at_klucznik_net_DSC_4311.jpg): A blurred sepia exposure of Lama Ole Nydahl leaning over people, the movement smeared across the frame
- [Venice Beach, USA — 2011](https://klucznik.net/photos/lama-ole-nydahl/lama_ole_nydahl_by_adam_at_klucznik_net_DSC_0952.jpg): Lama Ole Nydahl stands with his hands in his pockets on the sand, the skyline blurred behind
- [Kuchary, Poland — 2013](https://klucznik.net/photos/lama-ole-nydahl/lama_ole_nydahl_by_adam_at_klucznik_net__MG_9239.jpg): Lama Ole Nydahl listens with a hand at his chin, a golden statue blurred in front of him
- [Venice Beach, USA — 2011](https://klucznik.net/photos/lama-ole-nydahl/lama_ole_nydahl_by_adam_at_klucznik_net_DSC_1016.jpg): Bare-chested in cargo shorts, Lama Ole Nydahl walks barefoot up the beach from the surf
- [Arizona, USA — 2011](https://klucznik.net/photos/lama-ole-nydahl/lama_ole_nydahl_by_adam_at_klucznik_net_DSC_0602.jpg): A white coach marked Paradise Tours comes down an empty highway
- [Hong Kong — 2008](https://klucznik.net/photos/lama-ole-nydahl/lama_ole_nydahl_by_adam_at_klucznik_net_DSC_0405.jpg): Lama Ole Nydahl bows his head towards a woman holding a bouquet, street lights blurred behind them
- [Lake Baikal, Russia — 2011](https://klucznik.net/photos/lama-ole-nydahl/lama_ole_nydahl_by_adam_at_klucznik_net_DSC_6538.jpg): Lama Ole Nydahl stands in the snow in a fur hat with ear flaps, people in heavy coats around him
- [Kuchary, Poland — 2013](https://klucznik.net/photos/lama-ole-nydahl/lama_ole_nydahl_by_adam_at_klucznik_net__MG_9039.jpg): Profile of Lama Ole Nydahl with a headset microphone, his hand raised to his face, inside a tent
- [Gdansk, Poland — 2006](https://klucznik.net/photos/lama-ole-nydahl/lama_ole_nydahl_by_adam_at_klucznik_net_DSC_1673.jpg): Helpers and visitors gathered around a table of laptops and papers at the back of a lecture hall
- [Israel — 2012](https://klucznik.net/photos/lama-ole-nydahl/lama_ole_nydahl_by_adam_at_klucznik_net_LA030095.jpg): Lama Ole Nydahl in a red polo shirt stands on a ridge above a desert road and a distant sea
- [Kuchary, Poland — 2013](https://klucznik.net/photos/lama-ole-nydahl/lama_ole_nydahl_by_adam_at_klucznik_net__MG_9306.jpg): Seen from above, Lama Ole Nydahl lays his hand on a young man's head in a crowd
- [Peru — 2013](https://klucznik.net/photos/lama-ole-nydahl/lama_ole_nydahl_by_adam_at_klucznik_net_IMG_5844.jpg): Lama Ole Nydahl in a green polo shirt stands on a sandy clifftop above the sea
- [Kuchary, Poland — 2013](https://klucznik.net/photos/lama-ole-nydahl/lama_ole_nydahl_by_adam_at_klucznik_net__MG_9046.jpg): In near darkness, Lama Ole Nydahl sits with his hands folded, lights blurred behind him
- [Arizona, USA — 2011](https://klucznik.net/photos/lama-ole-nydahl/lama_ole_nydahl_by_adam_at_klucznik_net_DSC_0551.jpg): Seen through a windscreen, Lama Ole Nydahl sits in a car in a red shirt
- [Kuchary, Poland — 2013](https://klucznik.net/photos/lama-ole-nydahl/lama_ole_nydahl_by_adam_at_klucznik_net__MG_9027.jpg): Lama Ole Nydahl sits cross-legged on a stage in a large tent, lecturing to a crowd seated on the floor
- [Peru — 2013](https://klucznik.net/photos/lama-ole-nydahl/lama_ole_nydahl_by_adam_at_klucznik_net_IMG_5513.jpg): Lama Ole Nydahl in a camouflage cap places his hand on a boy's head among onlookers
- [Kuchary, Poland — 2013](https://klucznik.net/photos/lama-ole-nydahl/lama_ole_nydahl_by_adam_at_klucznik_net__MG_9076.jpg): Lama Ole Nydahl lays both hands on the head of a person bowing in front of him
- [Vladivostok, Russia — 2011](https://klucznik.net/photos/lama-ole-nydahl/lama_ole_nydahl_by_adam_at_klucznik_net__DSC5726.jpg): Silhouetted against a station window, Lama Ole Nydahl waits with a backpack
- [Grand Canyon, USA — 2011](https://klucznik.net/photos/lama-ole-nydahl/lama_ole_nydahl_by_adam_at_klucznik_net_DSC_0721.jpg): Lama Ole Nydahl stands with his hands at his belt, red canyon walls rising behind him
- [Warsaw, Poland — 2013](https://klucznik.net/photos/lama-ole-nydahl/lama_ole_nydahl_by_adam_at_klucznik_net_IMG_2592.jpg): Lama Ole Nydahl leans forward with an outstretched hand while teaching
- [Peru — 2013](https://klucznik.net/photos/lama-ole-nydahl/lama_ole_nydahl_by_adam_at_klucznik_net_IMG_5887.jpg): Lama Ole Nydahl poses with a group of friends on a sandy beach
- [Venice Beach, USA — 2011](https://klucznik.net/photos/lama-ole-nydahl/lama_ole_nydahl_by_adam_at_klucznik_net_DSC_0950.jpg): Lama Ole Nydahl in a red polo shirt on a wide beach, a hazy city skyline behind him
- [Peru — 2013](https://klucznik.net/photos/lama-ole-nydahl/lama_ole_nydahl_by_adam_at_klucznik_net_IMG_4058.jpg): A round table in dim light with headphones, pens in a mug and sheets of paper
- [Benalmadena, Spain — 2014](https://klucznik.net/photos/lama-ole-nydahl/lama_ole_nydahl_by_adam_at_klucznik_net_15215011817_50c9d3af70_o.jpg): Lama Ole Nydahl presses a round silver reliquary on a leather strap to the back of a man's head in a blessing, a crowd blurred behind
- [Kuchary, Poland — 2013](https://klucznik.net/photos/lama-ole-nydahl/lama_ole_nydahl_by_adam_at_klucznik_net__MG_9251.jpg): Lama Ole Nydahl rests his chin on folded arms, a thangka on the wall behind him
- [Las Vegas, USA — 2011](https://klucznik.net/photos/lama-ole-nydahl/lama_ole_nydahl_by_adam_at_klucznik_net_DSC_0944.jpg): Close-up of two faces meeting forehead to forehead, glasses pressed between them
- [Lake Baikal, Russia — 2011](https://klucznik.net/photos/lama-ole-nydahl/lama_ole_nydahl_by_adam_at_klucznik_net_DSC_6593.jpg): Lama Ole Nydahl laughs in a hooded jacket and scarf, snow-covered trees behind him
- [Karma Guen, Spain — 2007](https://klucznik.net/photos/lama-ole-nydahl/lama_ole_nydahl_by_adam_at_klucznik_net_DSC_1947.jpg): Lama Ole Nydahl sits with a mug in front of a large golden Buddha statue, talking with a man beside him
- [Kuchary, Poland — 2012](https://klucznik.net/photos/lama-ole-nydahl/lama_ole_nydahl_by_adam_at_klucznik_net_DSC_3843.jpg): Lama Ole Nydahl raises his hand to a smiling crowd outdoors
- [Warsaw, Poland — 2013](https://klucznik.net/photos/lama-ole-nydahl/lama_ole_nydahl_by_adam_at_klucznik_net_IMG_2435.jpg): Lama Ole Nydahl stretches out his arm while speaking to a packed room
- [Kuchary, Poland — 2013](https://klucznik.net/photos/lama-ole-nydahl/lama_ole_nydahl_by_adam_at_klucznik_net__MG_9353.jpg): Lama Ole Nydahl sits on a chair under trees while a camera on a tripod records him
- [Varna, Bulgaria — 2008](https://klucznik.net/photos/lama-ole-nydahl/lama_ole_nydahl_by_adam_at_klucznik_net_DSC_6260.jpg): Close portrait of Lama Ole Nydahl bare-chested on the beach, his eyes lowered
- [Peru — 2013](https://klucznik.net/photos/lama-ole-nydahl/lama_ole_nydahl_by_adam_at_klucznik_net_IMG_5501.jpg): In a camouflage cap, Lama Ole Nydahl reaches over a crowd to touch a woman's head
- [Siberia, Russia — 2011](https://klucznik.net/photos/lama-ole-nydahl/lama_ole_nydahl_by_adam_at_klucznik_net_DSC_6975.jpg): Lama Ole Nydahl in a fur hat smiles beside a minibus while travellers wait in the cold
- [Siberia, Russia — 2011](https://klucznik.net/photos/lama-ole-nydahl/lama_ole_nydahl_by_adam_at_klucznik_net_DSC_7016.jpg): At sunrise in the snow, Lama Ole Nydahl drinks from a thermos cup beside a smiling young woman
- [Grand Canyon, USA — 2011](https://klucznik.net/photos/lama-ole-nydahl/lama_ole_nydahl_by_adam_at_klucznik_net_DSC_0722.jpg): Portrait of Lama Ole Nydahl in a white polo shirt, looking into the camera
- [Warsaw, Poland — 2013](https://klucznik.net/photos/lama-ole-nydahl/lama_ole_nydahl_by_adam_at_klucznik_net_IMG_2798.jpg): Profile of Lama Ole Nydahl in a grey t-shirt, a blurred crowd behind him
- [Siberia, Russia — 2011](https://klucznik.net/photos/lama-ole-nydahl/lama_ole_nydahl_by_adam_at_klucznik_net_DSC_7007.jpg): Sausages grill over an open fire in the snow beside an old bus
- [Warsaw, Poland — 2013](https://klucznik.net/photos/lama-ole-nydahl/lama_ole_nydahl_by_adam_at_klucznik_net_IMG_2866.jpg): Lama Ole Nydahl smiles broadly as he holds out a small object to someone
- [Grand Canyon, USA — 2011](https://klucznik.net/photos/lama-ole-nydahl/lama_ole_nydahl_by_adam_at_klucznik_net_DSC_0716.jpg): Profile of Lama Ole Nydahl in a pale blue polo shirt against distant desert hills
- [Venice Beach, USA — 2011](https://klucznik.net/photos/lama-ole-nydahl/lama_ole_nydahl_by_adam_at_klucznik_net_DSC_0953.jpg): Lama Ole Nydahl smiles on the beach in a red polo shirt
- [Warsaw, Poland — 2013](https://klucznik.net/photos/lama-ole-nydahl/lama_ole_nydahl_by_adam_at_klucznik_net_IMG_2441.jpg): Lama Ole Nydahl speaks with his hands together in front of a crowded room
- [Warsaw, Poland — 2013](https://klucznik.net/photos/lama-ole-nydahl/lama_ole_nydahl_by_adam_at_klucznik_net_IMG_2676.jpg): Close-up portrait of Lama Ole Nydahl in glasses, looking down in warm light
- [Venezuela — 2008](https://klucznik.net/photos/lama-ole-nydahl/lama_ole_nydahl_by_adam_at_klucznik_net_DSC_9937.jpg): Lama Ole Nydahl presses his forehead to a woman's forehead in a crowd
- [Hong Kong — 2008](https://klucznik.net/photos/lama-ole-nydahl/lama_ole_nydahl_by_adam_at_klucznik_net_DSC_0724.jpg): A hand holds up Lama Ole Nydahl's dog tag, engraved with his name and a Copenhagen address
- [Kuchary, Poland — 2013](https://klucznik.net/photos/lama-ole-nydahl/lama_ole_nydahl_by_adam_at_klucznik_net_9196539610_a0ac6e543e_o.jpg): The round silver reliquary Lama Ole Nydahl blessed with, embossed and set with a pale stone, resting on cloth with its braided cord