LADNER, Max. Brixen, Südtirol (now Bressanone, Alto Adighe) 11.12.1889 — Zürich-Witikon 23.10.1963. Austrian Bauddha in Switzerland. Studied in Innsbruck. Building engineer by profession, he moved to Switzerland before the WW 1. Interested in Schopenhauer and Nietzsche he soon turned to Buddhism and studied Neumann’s translations. From 1929 living in Zürich. Married 1919 Rosa Suter (1889–1972), one son. Collaborated with G. Grimm, but later estranged.
Publications: Nietzsche und der Buddhismus. 142 p. Zürich 1933.
– Die Lehre des Buddha. Z. 52 p. Z. 1946.
– Gotamo Buddha. Sein Werden, seine Lehre, seine Gemeinde. 396 p. Zürich 1948.
– Wirklichkeit und Erlösung. Eine Welt- und Innenschau im Geiste des Buddha. 211 p. Konstanz 1952.
– Editor of Die Einsicht. Konstanz 1948-61; many articles.
Sources: Briefly mentioned by Peiris, Buddhism 155, and Hoffmann; N. Frey, “Max Ladner (1889–1963) und die frühe Rezeption des Buddhismus in der Schweiz”, As.St./Ét.as. 70. 2016, 399-434; Payer’s Web-Materialien; German Wikipedia.
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