11/12/2025
On Friday, November 14th at 7pm Buddhist Teacher W***y Richardson will give an introduction to Diamond Way Buddhism at the Las Vegas Diamond Way Center.
W***y Richardson took refuge with Lama Ole in 1996. He and his wife lived in New York City for a decade, where they helped establish the Diamond Way city center. In 2007 they moved to Santa Fe, where the regional sangha is active in building the Dakini Ranch retreat center in Colorado. W***y is a professional working artist.
Lecture starts at 7pm
Please join us to find out more, ask any questions that you have, and take part in a guided meditation.
Entry is free but donations are appreciated. $15 suggested donation.
For more information email
[email protected] or call
1 (702) 625-3922
The goal of Buddhism is a state of lasting, unconditional happiness known as enlightenment.
To bring us to this state, Buddhism points us to lasting values in this impermanent world and gives us valuable information about how things really are. Through understanding the law of cause and effect, using practical tools like meditation to gain insight and develop compassion and wisdom, we - all of us - can tap into our potential to realize the ultimate goal of enlightenment.
If we really pay attention, we can see that everything in the outside world is changing. Quickly like a candle flame or slowly like a mountain, even the most "solid" things change. They have no truly permanent essence. Our inner world of thoughts and feelings is in the same state of constant change. The more we realize how everything is impermanent and dependent on many conditions, the healthier a perspective we can keep on our lives, our relationships, possessions, and values - focusing on what truly matters.
If everything comes and goes, is there anything that stays?
According to Buddhism, the only thing that is always present is the awareness in which all these experiences and phenomena appear. This awareness is not only timeless but also inherently joyful.
To recognize this timeless awareness here and now means to become enlightened, and it is the ultimate goal of Buddhism.
"From a Buddhist perspective happiness and joy do not depend on outer conditions, which change constantly, but on the experiencer of all phenomena — mind itself."
-Lama Ole Nydahl, Buddha and Love
