Tři životy českého jogína… a život po nich - První díl 1925–1968 – Werner Karel (2024)

Karel Werner was a Czech Indologist, Orientalist, and religious scholar. Werner attended high schools in Brno and Znojmo, and after graduating in 1945, he studied Sanskrit, philosophy, history, and sinology at Masaryk University in Brno and Palacký University in Olomouc. He then taught Sanskrit and the history of India at Palacký University for four years before being dismissed for his critical stance towards the communist government. He was subsequently forced to work for fifteen years as a miner, a gas plant worker, a restaurant manager, a tram driver, and more. In 1968, he emigrated to Britain. He was accepted into the Arya Maitreya Mandala order by Lama Anagarika Govinda under the name Vajrabuddhi. In Britain, he lectured on Sanskrit at Churchill College, University of Cambridge, and from 1969 until his retirement in 1990, he taught Indian philosophy at Durham University. This tenure was interrupted by visiting professorships in India in 1975 and 1976, where he taught at Banaras Hindu University in Varanasi and Karnatak University in Dharwad. He also guest lectured at universities in Cambridge, Oxford, Lancaster, Manchester, Stirling, and London. From 1993 to 1998, he contributed as a visiting professor at Masaryk University in Brno to the establishment of the Institute...