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[vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_empty_space height=”22px”][vc_column_text]Niklaus Brantschen (born in 1937) is a Jesuit<\/a>, Zen master<\/a>, co-founder of the Lassalle-Institut in Bad Sch\u00f6nbrunn<\/a>, a fasting instructor and author of numerous books, including on the topic of fasting. He entered the Jesuit Order at 22 years of age. He studied theology in Fourvi\u00e8re (France) and T\u00fcbingen as well as adult education in Munich (both Germany). He became interested in meditation and interreligious dialogue early on. He took part in meditation courses with Karlfried Graf D\u00fcrckheim<\/a> and spent time from 1976 onwards studying Zen with Hugo Makibi Enomiya-Lassalle<\/a> and Yamada K\u00f4un Roshi in Kamakura<\/a> (Japan). He was granted a teaching license by Yamada K\u00f4un<\/a> Roshi<\/a> in 1988, and confirmed a Zen master by Glassman Roshi<\/a> in 1999. Brantschen recognises the practice of Zen Buddhism as an enlightening, never-ending spiritual path between the East and West that can help break down barriers between religions, nations and races \u2013 with the aim of becoming one humanity.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image=”78197″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][vc_empty_space height=”64px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”62px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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