{"id":2902,"date":"2021-12-01T17:02:43","date_gmt":"2022-03-09T14:59:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/domicilium.de\/sanbo-zendo\/?page_id=2902"},"modified":"2025-07-01T12:30:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T10:30:14","slug":"lehrende","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/domicilium.de\/sanbo-zendo\/en\/lehrende\/","title":{"rendered":"Teachers"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Prof. Dr. Migaku Sato<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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studied the French language and literature and classical philology in Tokyo and theology in G\u00f6ttingen and Berne. He is Professor Emeritus of New Testament at Rikkyo University in Tokyo. In 1982 Migaku Sato had his first contact with Zen through Father Enomiya-Lassalle in Switzerland. From 1985 he became a Zen student of Yamada K\u00f4un R\u00f4shi in the Sanb\u00f4 Zen School and, after his death, a student of Kubota Ji'un R\u00f4shi and Yamada Ry\u00f4un R\u00f4shi. In 2004 Migaku Sato received his teaching license (teaching name: Ky\u00fbun-ken), and since 2009 he has been an Associate Zen Master of the Sanb\u00f4 Zen School. Since the Dharma Transmission, the teaching transmission of Yamada Ry\u00f4un R\u00f4shi in 2020, Migaku Sato has been Zen Master of the Sanb\u00f4 Zen School.
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studied human medicine in Bonn and pursued many years of clinical work in internal medicine in Munich. This was followed by studies in traditional Chinese Medicine with a dissertation at the University of Munich and Qigong training. Since 1997 she has been working in her own practice in the field of psychosomatic medicine and analytical therapy. In 1981 she began her Zen training with Father Enomiya-Lassalle and from 1983 with Father Willigis J\u00e4ger. After Hannelore M\u00fcller received her teaching permission, further Zen studies followed with Yamada Ry\u00f4un R\u00f4shi and Migaku Sato. Today Hannelore M\u00fcller teaches as a Zen Teacher of the Sanb\u00f4 Zen School. Her name as a Zen teacher is Y\u00fbun-an.
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\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tSitting in Silence | Zen Sesshin<\/h4>\n
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\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tIntroduction to Zen Meditation | Zazenkai<\/h4>\n
\n\t\t\tProf. Dr. Migaku Sato<\/nobr>, Hannelore M\u00fcller, MD<\/nobr>\t\t<\/div>\n
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is an engineer, entrepreneur and business coach (IHK). He worked for many years as a manager and consultant. Since 2008 he has been a teacher of the Sanb\u00f4 Zen School and passes on more than 40 years of his own Zen experience in his courses. His name as a Zen Teacher is K\u00f4un-ken. As a business coach with additional training in trance\/hypnosis, Stefan Sachs now works freelance for various companies. He holds open and in-house seminars in the field of meditation, conducts retreats and facilitates workshops in various subject areas.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tDays of intensive Zen practice | Sesshin<\/h4>\n
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\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tIntroduction to Zen Meditation | Zazenkai<\/h4>\n
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studied Catholic theology and worked as a pastoral counselor in various pastoral care fields. As a Gestalt therapist, he has his own psychotherapeutic practice and works as a freelancer in crisis and life counseling, as well as leading seminars in adult education. His first stop on the Zen path was a sesshin in 1985 with Father Enomiya-Lassalle. After that he began his Zen training with Brigitte D'Ortschy in Munich, and after her death with Sr. Kathleen Reiley and Kubota Ji'un R\u00f4shi, as well as with various teachers of the Sanb\u00f4 Zen school. Toni Maier continued to train under Migaku Sato. In 2022, Yamada Ry\u00f4un R\u00f4shi, abbot of Sanb\u00f4 Zen, appointed him as Zen teacher of Sanb\u00f4 Zen with the teacher name Y\u00fbun-ken.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tDays of intensive Zen practice | Sesshin<\/h4>\n
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\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tIntroduction to Zen Meditation | Zazenkai<\/h4>\n
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is a retired director of studies. He studied Catholic theology in Eichst\u00e4tt and T\u00fcbingen and Romance and German studies in Regensburg. Richard Maurer taught Catholic religious education, ethics, German, French and Spanish at a Munich high school and at the German School Singapore. In the 1980s, he began his Zen practice at the Dietfurt Meditation House with Father Enomiya Lassalle and Father Victor L\u00f6w. He was a student of Kubota Ji'un R\u00f4shi in Singapore and Weyarn from 1997 to 2015. After continuing his training with Migaku Sato, he was appointed Assistant Zen Teacher of the Sanb\u00f4 Zen School in 2019.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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SANB\u00d4 ZEN International Code of Conduct<\/h5>

The Code of Conduct is an expression of transparency and is intended to help increase the steadfastness of the worldwide Sanb\u00f4 Zen movement. The purpose of the Code of Conduct is to promote a supportive and safe framework for the ethical teaching and practice of Zen.
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The lecturers Prof. Dr. Migaku Sato Zen Master of Sanb\u00f4 Zen studied Romance studies and classical philology in Tokyo as well as theology in G\u00f6ttingen and Bern. He is Professor Emeritus of New Testament at Rikkyo University in Tokyo. Migaku Sato had his first contact with Zen in 1982 through Father Enomiya-Lassalle. 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