Willigis Jäger

Willigis Jäger
Jäger in 2010
Born(1925-03-07)7 March 1925
Hösbach, Bavaria, Germany
Died20 March 2020(2020-03-20) (aged 95)
Holzkirchen, Bavaria, Germany
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Willigis Jäger (German: [ˈvɪlɪgɪs ˈjɛːgɐ]; 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.