Hans-Ulrich Rieker

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Hans-Ulrich Rieker (born February 1, 1920 , † October 26, 1979 ) was a German theater actor , author and head of the Arya Maitreya Mandala for Europe.

Life

Rieker initially worked as a stage actor in classic theater roles. Addressed deeply by Buddhism , he was ordained as a novice monk in 1950 in the Berlin Buddhist temple . As a Buddhist mendicant monk, he then wandered through India on foot , where he met Lama Anagarika Govinda in 1951 , who became his main teacher. Govinda initiated Rieker into the Arya Maitreya Mandala, which he founded in 1933 . In 1952, Rieker initiated the European branch of the Arya Maitreya Mandala on behalf of his teacher and accepted Harry Pieper and Lionel Stützer as its first members. He built up the order in Europe and led this branch for twelve years, until progressive hearing loss caused him to withdraw from the public. His successor as head of the western branch of the order was Karl-Heinz Gottmann in 1964 .

Journalistic and public activity

Rieker gave radio lectures at RIAS on topics of Buddhism as well as Indian and Chinese philosophy. He has produced numerous articles and several books on these subjects. Rieker founded the magazine Der Kreis together with Wilhelm A. Rink . In addition, he worked as a yoga teacher in India after training . His books on Buddhism, yoga and meditation contributed significantly to the increasing interest in these topics in the 1950s and 1960s. Rieker's literary contributions to conveying the authentic tradition of classical yoga have also been recognized in India, for example by BKS Iyengar .

Works

  • The secret of meditation . Rascher Verlag, Zurich 1953; New edition 2006 (Wishbohn Verlag): ISBN 978-3-9809647-8-4
  • The twelve temples of the spirit. Wisdom and technique of the yoga systems . Rascher Verlag, Zurich 1955.
  • The classic yoga textbook of India. Hatha Yoga Pradipika . Rascher Verlag, Zurich 1957.
  • Beggars among the dead. A Buddhist mendicant monk in India . Rascher Verlag, Zurich 1958.
  • I am learning yoga . Fackelverlag, Stuttgart 1959.
  • Meditation. Self-creation exercises . Rascher Verlag, Zurich 1962.

literature

  • Christian Fuchs: Yoga in Germany. Reception - organization - typology . Kohlhammer Verlag, Stuttgart 1990, ISBN 978-3-17-011016-8 .
  • Hellmuth Hecker : Life pictures of German Buddhists. A bio-bibliographical handbook. Volume II: The Successors . University of Konstanz research reports, 1992.
  • Volker Zotz : “'Stay a philosopher as long as you want it!' The beginnings of Ārya Maitreya Maṇḍala in Europe. ”In: Derselbe (Ed.): Interfaces. Buddhist encounters with shamanism and western culture. Festschrift for Armin Gottmann on his 70th birthday. Luxembourg: Kairos Edition 2013 ( ISBN 978-2-919771-04-2 ), pp. 153–176

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Single receipts

  1. ^ Genossenschaft Deutscher Bühnen-Members: Deutsches Bühnen Jahrbuch 1949. Bühnenschriften-Vertriebs-Gesellschaft 1949, p. 119
  2. ↑ On his Buddhist career cf. the "Obituary for Hans-Ulrich Rieker" in: Der Kreis. Arya Maitreya Mandala Bulletin, Western Europe Branch, No. 145 (1980), pp. 1-3.
  3. ↑ Birgit Zotz : "Eighty Years Ārya Maitreya Maṇḍala - A Chronology." In: Der Kreis No. 270, October 2013 ( ISSN  2197-6007 ), pp. 6-21.
  4. ^ Christian Fuchs: Yoga in Germany. Reception - organization - typology. Stuttgart: Kohlhammer Verlag 1990, ISBN 978-3-17-011016-8
  5. ↑ BKS Iyengar: Aṣṭadaḷa Yogamālā. Vol. 2. Allied Publishers 2000 ( ISBN 9788177641783 ), p. 161
personal data
SURNAME Rieker, Hans-Ulrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theater actor, author and head of the Arya Maitreya Mandala for Europe
DATE OF BIRTH February 1, 1920
DATE OF DEATH October 26, 1979