Gisela Midwer

Gesshin Myoko Prabhasa Dharma (left) in conversation with Pema Chödrön , Berlin 1992

Gisela Midwer (born March 30, 1931 in Frankfurt am Main , † May 24, 1999 in Marina del Rey , California ), better known by her Buddhist name Gesshin Myoko Prabhasa Dharma Roshi , was a German Rinzai - Zen master .

Since the 1950s she lived in California, where she became a Zen student of Kyozan Joshu Sasaki Rōshi since 1967 . Already in 1968 she ordained as a Buddhist nun and in 1972 she was confirmed as Oshō and was given the name Gesshin Myoko (moon-heart wonderful light). Thich Minh Giac authorized her in April 1985 as the 45th monarch of the Vinitarucci lineage and gave her the name Prabhasa Dharma (Brilliant Dharma ). She worked as a Zen teacher in Europe and the United States based on Vietnamese and Japanese Zen. In doing so, she developed Zen forms that are not tied to a specific culture.

literature

Frank, Folke (ed.): Buddha's teaching: original texts and lectures; held between December 1984 and March 1991 by Edgar Thriemer and Prabasha Dharma Roshi . Gerlingen 1999 ( entry in the German National Library ).

Web links

Master - Gesshin Myoko Prabhasa Dharma on zen-shukun.de

Individual evidence

↑ Miles-Yepez, Netalel (ed.): The Common Heart - An Experience of Interreligious Dialogue . Lantern Books, New York 2006, ISBN 1-59056-099-X , pp. 148, 149 ( Google Books ).

personal data
SURNAME	Midwer, Gisela
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Gesshin myoko; Prabhasa Dharma; Prabhasa Dharma Roshi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German Zen master
DATE OF BIRTH	March 30, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH	Frankfurt am Main
DATE OF DEATH	May 24, 1999
Place of death	Marina del Rey

[1] Miles-Yepez, Netalel (ed.): The Common Heart - An Experience of Interreligious Dialogue . Lantern Books, New York 2006, ISBN 1-59056-099-X , pp. 148, 149 ( Google Books ).