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Willigis Jäger was born on 7 March, 1925 in Hösbach, Bavaria, Germany, is a German friar and Buddhist teacher. Discover Willigis Jäger's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 95 years old?
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Benedictine friar
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95 years old |
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Pisces |
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7 March 1925 |
| Birthday |
7 March |
| Birthplace |
Hösbach, Bavaria, Germany |
| Date of death |
2020 |
| Died Place |
Holzkirchen, Bavaria, Germany |
| Nationality |
Germany
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Willigis Jäger Height, Weight & Measurements
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Dating & Relationship status
He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
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Willigis Jäger Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Willigis Jäger worth at the age of 95 years old? Willigis Jäger’s income source is mostly from being a successful teacher. He is from Germany. We have estimated Willigis Jäger's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
| Salary in 2024 |
Under Review |
| Net Worth in 2023 |
Pending |
| Salary in 2023 |
Under Review |
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teacher |
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Timeline
Willigis Jäger (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 was born on 7 March 1925 in Hösbach.
He entered the Benedictine order at Münsterschwarzach Abbey in 1946, and studied philosophy and theology from 1948.
In 1952, he was ordained as a priest.
Jäger worked as a teacher in the abbey's secondary school.
From 1960, he was responsible for mission and development at the Bund der Deutschen Katholischen Jugend youth association.
The same year, he began to work for Missio, an ecumenical missionary movement which sent him on trips to countries including Japan.
From 1972, he studied Zen in Japan for six years with Hugo E. Lassalle and Yamada Ko-Un Roshi, entering Yamada's convent in 1975.
He gained authorisation to teach Zen in 1980.
Jäger taught in the Sanbo Kyodan tradition (being given the Japanese name Koun-ken).
In 1980, an ecumenical study group of contemplative prayer was founded, which became the Würzburg School of Contemplation.
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.
He founded a centre of Zen and Contemplation at the Münsterschwarzach Abbey in 1983.
Catholic authorities questioned his teaching starting in 2000, and he was banned from teaching in public events and in writing in 2002.
He left the abbey in 2003 but continued his work.
That year, he founded the Benediktushof, an inter-religious centre of meditation and awareness, where he lived and taught.
In 2007, he established a foundation named West-Östliche Weisheit (West-East Wisdom), propagating the spirituality taught at the Benediktushof.
Jäger taught as part of Sanbo Kyodan until 2009, and then continued his own sangha independently.
Jäger died in Holzkirchen on 20 March 2020.
Some of Jäger's many books were translated to English, including:
