Bruno Petzold

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Bruno Petzold in 1920, the year of his ordination

Bruno Petzold (* 1873 ; † 1949 ) was a German journalist and writer on Buddhist topics.

Petzold went to China , where he worked as a correspondent for the German-language daily newspaper for North China . In 1910 he went to Japan , where he worked as a foreign reporter for the Kölnische Zeitung . Strongly enthusiastic about the Buddhism of the Tendai-shū , he converted to this Buddhist school and became a priest.

His wife was the Norwegian musician Hanka Petzold (1862–1937), who made a contribution to the introduction of classical Western music in Japan.

He presented an extensive work on many aspects of Buddhist philosophy , much of which was published only after his death. His estate is kept in the National Library of Australia .

Works

  • The quintessence of the T'ien-t'ai (Tendai) teaching. A comparative study. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz 1982, ISBN 3-447-02161-6
  • Goethe and Mahayana Buddhism. Vienna: Octopus 1982, ISBN 3-900290-22-9
  • The classification of Buddhism: Comprising the classification of Buddhist doctrines in India, China and Japan. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz 1995, ISBN 3-447-03373-8
  • Tendai Buddhism: collection of the writings by Bruno Petzold , Yokohama: International Buddhist Exchange Center, 1979.

literature

  • Arnulf H. Petzold: Catalog of the Buddhist Library of the Late Bruno Petzold. Vancouver 1949
  • Volker Zotz : On the blissful islands. Buddhism in German culture. Berlin 2000, pp. 186–193 ( ISBN 3-89620-151-4 )
  • John Rosenfield, Fumiko E. Cranston; "The Bruno Petzold Collection of Buddhist and Shinto Scrolls". In: Patrick Hanan; Mikael S Adolphson, Treasures of the Yenching : seventy-fifth anniversary of the Harvard-Yenching Library: exhibition catalog. Cambridge, Mass .: Harvard-Yenching Library, Harvard University; Hong Kong: Distributed by the Chinese University Press, 2003. ISBN 9629961024 , pp. 219-260

Web links

Commons : Bruno Petzold  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The biographical information follows Volker Zotz: On the blissful islands. Buddhism in German culture. Berlin 2000, pp. 186–193 ( ISBN 3-89620-151-4 )
  2. ↑ Detlev Schauwecker : Hanka Schjelderup Petzold (1862-1937) - A Norwegian musician in Japan during the Taisho years. Kansai University, accessed January 21, 2017 . (PDF file)
  3. ^ "Petzold Collection" of the National Library of Australia
personal data
SURNAME Petzold, Bruno
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer and journalist
DATE OF BIRTH 1873
DATE OF DEATH 1949