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

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

in Switzerland

Gesche Rinpoche Jampa Lodro Dahortsang

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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

Gesche Rinpoche Jampa Lodro Dahortsang, the oncle of Loten Dahortsang 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.