In which country did great Masters of Buddhist Meditation earn their living as factory workers?

Last Updated on May 7, 2024 by pg@petergamma.org

in Switzerland

Gesche Rinpoche Jampa Lodro Dahortsang

was the oncle of Loten Dahortsang. Loten is currently one of the view Buddhist Meditation Masters who teach in Switzerland:

Loten Dahortsang’s oncle Gesche Rinpoche was one of the great masters of Buddhist Meditation in Switzerland

In 1970 Gesche Rinpoche he came to Switzerland.

He initially earned his living as a factory worker in Weisslingen. For seven years he stands on the assembly line full of cheerfulness and hard work.

  • Weisslingen is 5 minutes by car to the Rikon fabric shop.
  • Rikon is known worldwide for rikon steam cookers, and Weisslingen is 5 minutes by car to the Rikon Tibet Institute Monastry.
  • Jacques Kuhn was the developer of the “Duromatic” pressure cooker from Kuhn Rikon.
  • In the 1960s Kuhn Rikon supported the founding of the Rikon Tibet Institute monastry.
  • Jacques Kuhn, Swiss entrepreneur and inventor of the “Duromatic” pressure cooker from Kuhn Rikon was managing director Kuhn Rikon from 1969 to 1984

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Kuhn

Then Gesche Rinpoche meets the well-known psychologist Dora Kalff, a student of C.G. Young:

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dora_Maria_Kalff

Dora Kalff developed the “sand play therapy” and made it known worldwide. Under the leadership of Dora Kalff , the Buddhist center in Zollikon was founded:

https://www.buddhazollikon.ch

and Gesche Rinpoche was a teacher at this center.