Martin Steinke

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Martin Steinke , from 1933 Tao Chün ("steep path"), ( Chinese  道 峻 , Pinyin Daò Jùn ), (born January 23, 1882 in Potsdam , † August 29, 1966 in Igersheim ) was a German Buddhist and writer.

Life

Martin Steinke (German delegate), Kushok Bakula Rinpoche, Friedrich Voldemar Lustig and Karl Tõnisson (née Este, Lat. Kārlis Tennison, Russian Карл Тыниссон, religious name: Vahindra). The latter two had lived in a Burmese monastery since 1949 and were the Latvian delegation to the Congress of the World Buddhist Federation, which took place parallel to the opening of the 6th Buddhist Council.

Martin Steinke was born in Potsdam and was fascinated by the Asiatic art in Sanssouci Palace as a child . After studying economics, he founded his own financial consultancy, which ensured his existence. As early as 1922 he founded the “Community around Buddha” in Potsdam / Berlin and published a number of papers. He went to China with Ignaz Trebitsch-Lincoln in 1933 and was given the name Dao Jun Zhi Ming on the occasion of his Mahâyâna ordination at the end of 1933.

At the European Buddhist Congress in London in 1934, Dao Jun was elected President. In 1934 he founded his “Vihara” in Potsdam. In 1937 he founded the Buddhist Community eV in Berlin with his students . This was banned during the Second World War and Steinke was imprisoned for a short time. In 1943 he moved to Igersheim, where he received numerous visitors until the end of his life, prepared his lectures and wrote a number of books. In 1954 and 1956 he was invited to the 2500-year Buddhist celebrations in Rangoon .

Karl-Heinz Gottmann and Wilhelm Müller were temporarily Buddhist students of Martin Steinke.

Works

  • Steinke, Martin; Kwatsu: Europeans a. Asians, simply seen; Bremen 1943.
  • Steinke, Martin; The law of life. An answer to life questions from buddhist. View; Munich 1962.
  • Steinke, Martin; Life - so colorful, so colorful: buddhist. Letters from two decades; Vienna 1982.

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personal data
SURNAME Steinke, Martin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tao Chun; Dao Jun Zhi Ming (from 1933)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Buddhist and writer
DATE OF BIRTH January 23, 1882
PLACE OF BIRTH Potsdam
DATE OF DEATH August 29, 1966
Place of death Igersheim