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Willigis Jäger

Willigis Jäger (lang; 7 March 1925 – 20 March 2020) was a German Catholic priest and Benedictine monk. He was a Zen master who trained and taught in the Sanbo Kyodan tradition. Jäger founded a centre of Zen and contemplation at the Münsterschwarzach Abbey in 1983, and his own Benediktushof, an inter-faith centre of meditation and awareness, in 2003.

Willigis Jäger

Benedictine, Zen master and Mystic

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Name
Willigis Jäger
Born
7 March 1925
Birthplace
Hösbach, Bavaria, Germany
Died
20 March 2020
Place of death
Holzkirchen, Bavaria, Germany
Occupation
* Benedictine friar
Nationality
Germany
Languages
German

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