Dai Oshō Genro Koudela tells about his life
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Vienna, April 22, 2008 The questions were asked by: Dr. Tina Draszczyk Camera: Thule G. Jug, Julian Jug Many thanks to Bhante Dr. Seelawansa Wijayarajapura Maha Thero, who made the interview possible in the premises of the Nyanaponika Dhamma Center in Vienna. A production by Thule G. Jug © 2021, All rights reserved ******************************************* Herbert Genro Koudela (1924 - 2010) was born in Vienna and received professional training as a graphic artist. He served three years as a soldier in World War II, both at the front and in captivity. In 1948 he left Austria, initially for a year, to go to Holland. This was followed by two years in England and three years in Canada, from where he was finally allowed to immigrate to the USA. He settled in Philadelphia for the next 17 years, where he also attended the art academy and received training as a painter. Commissions for portraits brought, among other things, access to millionaire circles and, for the first time, comfortable living conditions. His expectations in the land of unlimited opportunities were partially fulfilled on a material level, but his spiritual hunger remained unfulfilled. After years of an odyssey, he finally found his teacher Kyozan Joshu Sasaki, Rōshi, a Japanese Zen master who lived and taught in California. Herbert Koudela became a dropout. In 1972 he sold his house, renounced all material goods and became a student of Joshu Sasaki, Rōshi at the Mt. Baldy Zen Center. One year later he was ordained as a monk under the name Genro and two years later he was ordained as an Oshō (Zen priest). From 1977 to 1979 he ran a Zen center in New Mexico, from where he returned to Austria to care for his elderly father. When his father died five years later, he was running his own Viennese Zen group - the Bodhidharma Zendo. He was also actively involved in the founding and development of the Austrian Buddhist Religious Community. For many years he headed the Rinzai Zen Senter Oslo in Norway and held regular sesshins there and in Germany. From 1987 to 2001 he was president of the Austrian Buddhist Religious Community, then its honorary president for life. Genro died on November 28, 2010 after a long illness that he bore with equanimity. His teacher Kyozan Joshu Sasaki, Rōshi gave him the name Toji Kaizan Genro and the title Dai Oshō.
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