HUNGERLEIDER, Fritz. Vienna 1920 — Vienna 1997. Austrian Bauddha. Born in a Catholic family, son of a Jewish merchant and Catholic mother. Studied at Handelsakademie. After matriculation in 1938 went to exile and came to Ceylon, then spent nine years 1938-47 in Shanghai. Then returned to Vienna. In 1958 again in Ceylon and two years in Japan (now learned Zen). From 1955 President of the Buddhistische Gesellschaft after its founder (in 1949) Dr. Oprachal (d. 1955), until 1975. In 1960 sold his business and concentrated on Buddhism. Travels of lectures on Buddhism e.g. in South America (1966) and Africa. Married 1943 Ingeborg Mannheimer (b. 1926).

Publications: Gespräch eines Buddhisten mit einem Christen zur Frage der Toleranz. 93 p. Weilheim 1969.

– Das Zen Seminar. Ein Leitfaden für Übende und Lehrer. 106 p. Vienna 1976.

– Mein Weg zur Mystik. Eine religiöse Autobiographie. 120 p. Vienna 1988.

– Mystik, Tao und Zen. Lichtspur zum Urgrund des Seins. 88 p. Heidelberg 1992; other books about Zen.

Sources: Peiris, Buddhism 146f.; interview of Ingeborg Hungerleider in buddhismus-austria.at; German Wikipedia.