Zen

Bojan Gorjanc on March 18th, 2009

Stained glass window I just finished reading a translation of Willigis Jäger’s book Die Welle ist das Meer (published in English under the title Mysticism for Modern Times: Conversations with Willigis Jager), and would like to share with you some of his thoughts. Let’s begin with this one: Religions resemble a cathedral with stained glass [...]

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Bojan Gorjanc on March 5th, 2009

Yesterday I had the opportunity to be present at the interesting lecture from Willigis Jäger, a well-known German Benedictine monk and a Zen master. Influenced by both Christian mysticism and Eastern Zen traditions, Jäger represents a modern and transconfessional spirituality, yet he also goes far beyond the traditional concepts of religion. His vision of an [...]

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