Die Ordensmitglieder
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Amogharatna: “the unstoppable jewel“
Order member since 1997
1985 – 1990 residential care worker at Eaton Hall school
1990 – 1994 various jobs including youth hostel warden and gardener
1994 – 2000 Padmaloka, Buddhist meditation Centre, member of support team
Since 2000 Amogharatna has been an organiser and teacher at the Buddhistisches Tor Berlin
In 2004 he became chairman of the Buddhistisches Tor Berlin
He is also a self-employed English teacher.
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Satyasthira: “he who follows the truth with determination“
Order member since 2004
1976 to 1979 apprenticeship as a clerk
1988 to 1990 apprenticeship as a joiner
Divers occupations as commercial and industrial employee, self-employed joiner and carpenter, seller of jewellery and salesman
Since 1994 contact with FWBO centres in Minden and Berlin
Since 2003 Satyasthira has been working with the severely mentally handicapped.
2006 to 2009 training as special-needs carer
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Kalyanaprabha: “the radiance of spiritual loveliness“
Order member since 1989
Mother since 1982
1988 - 2002 Editor of Dakini/Lotus Realm, international Buddhist magazine for women
1989 - 1998 Manchester Buddhist Centre, UK, organisational and teaching functions, co-founder of a Buddhist residential community for women
1998 - 2003 Taraloka retreat centre for women, member of team, running all kinds of retreats
2003 - 2004 Classroom assistant, inner-city schools, Birmingham
2004 - 2006 Co-founder of the Dharmaduta Training Course and Dharmapala College, Birmingham, UK
Since 2007, Buddhistisches Tor Berlin, organisational and teaching functions.
She is also a self-employed English teacher
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Mokshasiddha: "he who is accoplished in liberation"
Order member since 2008
1966 to 1974 administrator
1972 to 1979 study of medicine in Bochum and Essen
Since 1979 doctor in the fields of internal medicine, pulmonology, rehabilitation and palliative medicine
1991 to 2008 contact with the Essen Buddhist Centre
Mokshasiddha has been working with the Buddhistisches Tor Berlin team since 2008
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Karunada: “he who gives compassion“
Order member since 2007
1987 to 1991 doctor in fields of environmental medicine, anaesthetics and general medicine Since 1987 encounters with various different psychotherapeutic methods in the context of self-awareness
1990 to 1991 first encounter with the spiritual dimension of life thanks to a longer stay in the existential-psychological training and meeting institute in Todtmoss-Rütte (Graf Dürckheim)
1995 first contact with Buddhism via the Friends of the Western Buddhist Order. Associated since that date with the Buddhistisches Tor Berlin
1991 to 1997 pilot with Lufthansa City Line
1997 to 1999 doctor in an anthroposophical context in the community hospital at Havelhöhe, Berlin (internal medicine, surgery) and at the anthroposophical seminary for doctors in Filderstadt
2001 to 2004 medical care for the dying as a home-care doctor in Berlin
2004 to 2009 home-care doctor in the anthroposophical hospice in Berlin-Kladow and member of staff in an anthroposophical medical practice focussing on internal medicine and oncology
Since 2008 additional further training in psychotherapy
Since 2009 full-time at the Buddhistisches Tor Berlin
Karunada leads evening events, courses and retreats
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The employees
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Mathias Krömann, webdesigner
Active in the FWBO since 2007
1990 to 1993 training as draughtsman at Hochtief AG, Essen
1994 to 1997 advanced technical college entrance qualification on the second-chance education route
Since 1997 freelance composer
Since 2001 freelance music engraver
August 2008 to January 2010 Mathias has been employed as the centre manager of the Buddhistisches Tor Berlin
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Cornelia Siemens, fundraiser
Active in the FWBO since 2005, mitra since 2008
1992 to 1999 study of imaging and media technology at the Cologne University of Applied Sciences
1999 to 2008 network printer specialist at Xerox (Europe) Ltd in Dublin, Ireland
Since August 2009 Cornelia has been working as a fundraiser at Buddhistisches Tor Berlin
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