When Hannah Nydahl and Ole Nydahl were on their honeymoon in the Himalayas in 1968, they became students of Lopon Tsechu Rinpoche, and in 1969 took refuge with The 16th Karmapa and became his closest Western students. Beginning with Freda Bedi, in 1960, Westerners began taking refuge in Tibetan Buddhist masters. ![]() ![]() Many young Westerners on the hippie trail from Europe to India and Nepal came into contact with Tibetan teachers. The exodus of Tibetans made Tibetan Buddhism more accessible to the rest of the world. ![]() Following the Chinese invasion of Tibet, the head of the Karma Kagyu lineage, The 16th Karmapa, left Tibet in 1959, and established Rumtek monastery in Sikkim, India, as his main seat in exile.
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