Zen Buddhism Sings Softly In The Hills

January 3, 2011

Author: Peter Fabricius

Source: The Independent Online/The Pretoria News

http://www.iol.co.za/travel/south-africa/kwazulu-natal/zen-buddhism-sings-softly-in-the-hills-1.1007400

The Buddhist Retreat Centre at Ixopo is synonymous with its founder, Louis van Loon, who arrived in South Africa from Amsterdam as a 20-year-old in 1956 with one suitcase full of old clothes and another filled with art materials. He wasn’t sure whether he was going to pursue a career in civil engineering, in which he had just qualified, or try his luck at being an artist. Either way, he was seeking adventure in a faraway country.

 

He found it.