Zen Monk Munen Alain M. Lafon

My formal religious training began as an acolyte in the Catholic church when I was 8 years of age. After 10 years on this path, I found Zen and felt a deep connection right away. As my daily Zen meditation practice intensified, I searched for a teacher. This long search resulted in ordination and 10 years of formal training under the guidance of venerable Zen Monks. Soon, my teacher asked me to take over the daily service of the oldest Rinzai Zen Dojo in Switzerland - which I did for 2 years. Then, I focused on making Zen practice more accessible and sustainable within Switzerland. In the following time of research, I have spent two years as a Digital Nomad traveling Europe and checking out different places, monks, and teachers. It concluded in 7 years of stringent monastic practice, conducting monthly 7-day retreats, ceremonies, pilgrimages, study trips to Korea and Japan, as well as co-financing and co-building two Zen Temples led by my teacher.

To finance this, I have co-founded 200ok GmbH, focusing on developing Free and Open Source software and facilitating digital education. To that end, I have also worked as a lecturer at ZHAW (Zurich university of applied sciences).

Now, this work is complete. As thanks to my teachers and to pay their kindness forward, my partner Monika Bieri and I have opened Lambda Zen Temple to the public for daily practice. From the deepest heart, I bow and thank all my teachers, free from east and west.