Pia Gyger
Pia Gyger (born November 2, 1940 in Schaffhausen ; † July 14, 2014 in Basel ) was a Swiss curative educator, psychologist and Zen master . She was a co-founder of the Lassalle Institute within the Lassalle House in Bad Schönbrunn .
Life
Pia Gyger went through elementary schools in Abtwil SG and studied curative education and psychology at the curative education seminar and institute for applied psychology HAP in Zurich from 1972 to 1976 . From 1976 to 1999 she completed part-time Zen training with Hugo Makibi Enomiya-Lassalle and Yamada Kôun Rōshi in Kamakura , and with Robert Aitken Rōshi in Hawaii. Aitken Rōshi gave her the first Dharma transmission . She was also accepted into the Zen Peacemaker Order for cooperation in international peace projects.
In 1969 Pia Gyger joined the St. Katharina factory in Basel and in 1976, on behalf of the Federal Department of Justice and Police, founded the Sonnenblick therapy home in Kastanienbaum for particularly difficult young people, which she managed until 1982. She then became the central manager of the St. Katharina factory. In 1986 she founded a project there to meet the world religions. In 1989, in a slum on the outskirts of Manila , she initiated a school for the spiritual-political awareness of young people. Back in Switzerland, she founded the Lassalle Institute together with Niklaus Brantschen in 1995 , which they jointly directed until 2003 and at which she has taught since then. Niklaus Brantschen and she founded the Lassalle Zen Line and the Via Integralis School of Contemplation in 2003. Then she and Niklaus Brantschen developed the project Jerusalem - Open City for Learning Peace in the World . This project at the Lassalle Institute was accredited by the UN .
Works
- Concept of the Sonnenblick therapy home ; Swiss Central Office for Curative Education Lucerne, 1984, (together with Maria-Elisabeth Hartung)
- Man connect earth and heaven: Christian elements of a cosmic spirituality ; Rex Luzern / Stuttgart, 1993, ISBN 3-7252-0579-5
- The earth is calling: a process of spiritual and political awareness development among young people ; Rex Luzern / Stuttgart, 1996, ISBN 3-7252-0631-7
- Mary - daughter of the earth, queen of all: vision of the new creation ; Kösel Munich, 2002, ISBN 3-466-36604-6
- Hear the voice of the heart: become priestesses and priests of cosmic change ; Kösel Munich, 2006, ISBN 978-3-466-36726-9
- Ascent into light: the way of the cross as the path of my transformation ; Kösel Munich, 2009, ISBN 978-3-466-36823-5 (together with Maria-Christina Eggers)
- Via Integralis: Where Zen and Christian Mysticism meet ; Kösel, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-466-37008-5 (together with Niklaus Brantschen and others)
- It's about love: From the life of a celibate couple ; Kösel, Munich 2013, ISBN 978-3-466-37077-1
Web links
- Publications by and about Pia Gyger in the Helveticat catalog of the Swiss National Library
- Literature by and about Pia Gyger in the catalog of the German National Library
- Lassalle Institute, Bad Schönbrunn
Individual evidence
- ^ Farewell to Pia Gyger ( memento of July 24, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), Lassalle-Haus Bad Schönbrunn, July 16, 2014
- ↑ Presentation in Lassalle-Haus ( Memento from December 12, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Presentation in the Lassalle Institute
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gyger, Pia |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss curative educator, psychologist and Zen master, long-time director of the Katharina factory |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 2, 1940 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Schaffhausen |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 14, 2014 |
| Place of death | Basel |