Lionel supporter

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Lionel Stützer (born November 1, 1901 in Leicester , England , † October 31, 1991 in Berlin ) was a pioneer of Buddhism in Germany, essayist and in 1952 co-founder of the European branch of the Arya Maitreya Mandala .

Life

Supporter, who had German-English parents, grew up in England, where he attended school in Manchester . In 1915 he came to Berlin and trained as a cartographer there . Through reading he became aware of Buddhism, to which he converted at the age of twenty. He joined Martin Steinke as a student in 1922 . At the same time he studied the tradition of Pali Buddhism with Paul Dahlke . After Steinke became a Buddhist monk in China in 1933, he imparted the teaching and practice of Chan to supporters . In Berlin, Siegmund Feniger was one of his closest friends.

In 1952 Lionel Stützer was one of the three founding members of the western branch of the Arya Maitreya Mandala, along with Hans-Ulrich Rieker and Harry Pieper . Until his death at the age of 90 he devoted himself to work for this order, in which he was particularly active in training candidates (novices). A native of Britain, Stützer worked closely with Henry Noel Marryat Hardy and Jack Austin .

He published hundreds of essays in Buddhist magazines worldwide, including numerous articles in The Circle , and presented other publications in the spectrum of gray literature . Because of his work, he was awarded a doctorate in Buddhist philosophy by the Alexander Csoma de Körös Institute for Buddhology in 1961 on the initiative of the Hungarian Buddhologist Ernő Hetényi .

Works

A detailed biography of Stützer's literary work can be found in Hellmuth Hecker : Lebensbilder deutscher Buddhisten. A bio-bibliographical handbook. Volume II: The Successors . University of Konstanz Research Reports 1992, pp. 347–349

literature

  • Martin Baumann : German Buddhists. History and communities . Marburg, 2nd edition 1995
  • Hellmuth Hecker : Life pictures of German Buddhists. A bio-bibliographical handbook. Volume II: The Successors . University of Konstanz Research Reports 1992, pp. 344–346
  • Birgit Zotz : "Eighty years of Ārya Maitreya Maṇḍala - a chronology." In: Der Kreis No. 270, October 2013 ( ISSN  2197-6007 ), pp. 6–21.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The biographical information is based on: Hellmuth Hecker : Lebensbilder deutscher Buddhisten. A bio-bibliographical handbook. Volume II: The Successors . University of Konstanz Research Reports 1992, pp. 344–346
  2. ↑ Martin Baumann : German Buddhists. History and communities . Marburg, 2nd edition 1995
  3. ↑ The role of Lionel Stützer in this order is described in detail by Volker Zotz in his article “'Remain philosophers, as long as you want it!' The beginnings of Ārya Maitreya Maṇḍala in Europe. ”In: 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
personal data
SURNAME Supporter, Lionel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pioneer of Buddhism
DATE OF BIRTH November 1, 1901
PLACE OF BIRTH Leicester
DATE OF DEATH October 31, 1991
Place of death Berlin