ABOUT SHIFU SIMPLICITY
- Student of Medicine and Sinology in Göttingen
- Two years working as a surgeon
- 1998 Ordination as a nun under Master Thích Nhất Hạnh
- 2001 Bhiksuni-ordination
- Six years living at Plum Village Monastery, France
- 2004 Moved to Chung Tai Chan Monastery in Taiwan to study under Chan Master Wei Chueh
- A total of 14 years living in monasteries of the Chung Tai community in Taiwan
- Six years of studies in Chinese at the Buddhist Institute of Chung Tai Chan Monastery
- Triple Platform Ordination with Bodhisattva Vows
- Simultaneous translation of lectures given by the Chan Master and other monks and nuns (Languages: German, Chinese, English)
- Member of the Buddhist Sutra Translation Committee in Chung Tai
- Teaching meditation and Buddhist philosophy to English-speaking visitors
- One-month solitary meditation retreat in the high mountains of Taiwan
- Since 2018 Head of the Miao Fa Centre, Berlin