Synopsis
- Now that inter-religious dialogue has become a great buzz-term, it is more important than ever that we do not content ourselves with the term alone. The encounter between Christianity and Buddhism illustrates how religions can learn from one another. A key figure in this success story, the Jesuit and Zen instructor Hugo Makibi Enomiya-Lassalle (1898–1990), first went to Japan as a missionary. He left us an unparalleled example of how dialogue comes to life in the encounter between people who are both firmly rooted in their own tradition and yet willing to become part of another culture. Although his success did not come easily, neither external criticism nor self-doubt could ultimately deter him from pursuing what he regarded his appointed task: the integration of Zen and Christianity. The film traces the path of Lassalle´s life and the development of his work, and introduces the teachers and students of the Glassman-Lassalle Zen lineage, who carry on his spiritual heritage today.
Crew
- Director: Christof Wolf
- Screenplay: Maximilian Knauer, Margret Mellert, Uwe Wrobel, Christof Wolf
- Director of photography: Itzik Yehezkeli, Uwe Wrobel, Christof Wolf
- Editor (Cut): Uwe Wrobel
- Score: Monika Gatt
- interview partner: Klaus Riesenhuber, Klaus Riesenhuber, Yamada Ryoun, Niklaus Brantschen, Willigis Jäger, Anna Gamma, Michael von Brück, Bernie Glassman
- Animation: Flavio Cury
- Production company: Franz Xaver StiftungLoyola Productions Munich GmbH
