Muho Nolke

Muho Nolke was born in 1968 in Berlin, he was introduced to zazen as a high school student. In 1993, after graduating from university, he was ordained as a Soto Zen monk at the monastery Antaiji. After obtaining the dharma transmission, he decided to live as a homeless monk in a park in Osaka, where he led a zazen group in 2001. In Feb. 2002, at the sudden death of his teacher, he was called back to Antai-ji. He succeeded his teacher as the ninth abbot, until his retirement in 2020. He teaches...See more

Muho Nolke was born in 1968 in Berlin, he was introduced to zazen as a high school student. In 1993, after graduating from university, he was ordained as a Soto Zen monk at the monastery Antaiji. After obtaining the dharma transmission, he decided to live as a homeless monk in a park in Osaka, where he led a zazen group in 2001. In Feb. 2002, at the sudden death of his teacher, he was called back to Antai-ji. He succeeded his teacher as the ninth abbot, until his retirement in 2020. He teaches and lives in Osaka and has published many books and translations in both Japanese and German. He lives in Osaka. See less