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Meeting the Buddha is a documentary film chronicling the life and legacy of the 16th Karmapa, Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, head of the Karma Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism. The film releases on June 25, 2026.
Meeting the Buddha releases on June 25, 2026.
The film documents the life and legacy of the 16th Karmapa, Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, and follows Ole and Hannah Nydahl, who helped bring Tibetan Buddhist teachings to the West after meeting the Karmapa in Nepal in 1969.
Rangjung Rigpe Dorje was the 16th Karmapa and head of the Karma Kagyu lineage, one of the four main schools of Tibetan Buddhism.
Ole and Hannah Nydahl are Danish figures who encountered the 16th Karmapa in Nepal in 1969 and subsequently founded hundreds of Tibetan Buddhist meditation centers worldwide.
Yes, Meeting the Buddha is a documentary film.
Meeting the Buddha opens in theaters on June 25, 2026. The documentary centers on Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, the 16th Karmapa and head of the Karma Kagyu lineage — one of the four main schools of Tibetan Buddhism — examining his life, teachings, and enduring influence.