Zen master Ji Kwang

Zen Master Ji Kwang (Dr. Roland Wöhrle-Chon) was born in Germany in 1960. He studied philosophy and psychology in Bonn, Berlin and Madurai, India, where he had his first contact with yoga and meditation.

Zen master Ji Kwang has a doctorate in psychology and works as a social scientist for the German government. He is married and has two children. Together with his wife, Zen master Gu Ja, he founded the Zen Center Berlin and the Kwan Um Zen School Germany in 1990. In February 2000 he received Inka, the teaching license, and in April 2012 the transmission from Zen Master Wu Bong. Zen Master Ji Kwang is currently the main teacher of the Kwan Um School of Zen in Europe.