Live Event in Munich with John Brady and Holger Wolff
09:30 - 11.10.2025
Ancient wisdom for life and work leadership in insecure times
The event is intended for people who want to learn how inner wisdom and ethical behavior can contribute to personal development. These are essential prerequisites for sustainable success in both private and business life—in calm times as well as in challenging times.
In a relaxed interview format, John Brady, President of the Asian Legacy Library (ALL) for the preservation of ancient wisdom writings, and Holger Wolff, founder and CEO of MaibornWolff, discuss these topics. Both can draw on an immeasurable wealth of experience and wisdom: John has been searching, scanning and cataloging Buddhist texts in India, Mongolia, China, and Japan, for ALL for many years and making the wisdom they contain available online to everybody worldwide, free of charge. As a leading teacher of Buddhist philosophy and meditation at the Asian Classics Institute, Diamond Cutter Institute and Sedona College of International Management he propagates the transmission and application of Buddhist wisdom principles in everyday life.
With this event, John and Holger aim to provide all participants with concise insights, suggestions and tips on how to live and work successfully, happily and beneficially, even in times of fear and pressure.
Schedule for Saturday, Oktober 11th (CEST)
- 9:30 a.m. Doors open and registration
- 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Presentation Part 1
- 12:00 p.m. – 12:30 p.m. Break with drinks, coffee, and butter pretzels
- 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Presentation Part 2 and Q&A
- 1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Lunch at the restaurant
- 3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Workshop – discussion rounds and networking
- 4:45 p.m. – 5:15 p.m. Grand Finale
Side program
Friday, October 10th, 2025: Anyone who would like to and is already in Munich on Friday is welcome to join us for an initial get-together at an Italian restaurant. Tables have been reserved at Tassilo da Sebastiano starting at 6 p.m., and we look forward to seeing you there.
Sunday, October 12th, 2025: On Sunday, weather permitting, there will be an opportunity to bring the event weekend to a leisurely close in the beer garden before heading home ((alternative program in case of bad weather). We will meet at 10 a.m. at the beer garden at the Chinese Tower in the English Garden.
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John Brady was Vice President of Lillian Vernon Corporation for 21 years (1983–2001). In the 1980s and 1990s, the company was the fifth-largest direct mail retailer in the United States. He headed the B2B division and served clients such as Estée Lauder, American Express, Victoria’s Secret, Anheuser-Busch, Kraft Foods, and other fortune-500 companies.
John studied and practiced Zen meditation for 14 years under Eido Shimano Roshi, a Zen master and lineage holder in the Japanese Rinzai Zen tradition, and was a member of the board of directors of the Zen Studies Society. In 1996, he met Geshe Lobsang Tharchin and Geshe Michael Roach and began a rigorous program of Buddhist studies consisting of 36 courses, which he completed in 2010. From 2011 to 2014, he completed a 3-year, 3-month, and 3-day silent meditation retreat.
John is the president of the Asian Legacy Library (ALL), a nonprofit organization dedicated to digitizing, cataloging, and transliterating ancient wisdom texts. The Asian Legacy Library makes the texts available online free of charge to scholars and students around the world. He is a senior teacher at the Asian Classics Institute (ACI), the Diamond Cutter Institute (DCI), and Sedona College of International Management (SCIM), as well as an experienced meditation teacher. John and his wife, Constance O’Brien, live in Sedona, Arizona. They travel and teach together in Asia, Europe, and Latin America.
Holger Wolff (born in 1967) holds a degree in business administration and has been co-founder and managing director of MaibornWolff GmbH (www.maibornwolff.de) since 1994. The software development and IT consulting company now employs nearly 1,000 people at eight locations in three countries. MaibornWolff has been profitable since its foundation and has grown by more than 20% annually for over ten years. It has a turnover of €90 million.
Holger Wolff has been married for over 25 years, has two adult sons and lives with his family in Munich and Lower Bavaria. For more than ten years, he studied the teachings of Mahayana Buddhism as a student of Lama Sumati Marut.
The talk will be in English.
Venue: Kraftwerk München Obersendling
The event on Saturday will take place in the offices of MaibornWolff (10th and 11th floors) in the Munich Kraftwerk.
Adress:
MaibornWolff GmbH
Drygalski-Allee 25
81477 Munich Google maps
You can get there by taking the U3 subway to Forstenrieder Allee, or buses 63, 132, and 151 to Züricher Straße. There’s street parking nearby.
Catering on site
Drinks and butter pretzels will be available during the break.
After the presentation, lunch can be served in the restaurant in the Kraftwerk. When registering on the morning of the event, you can pre-order a meal from the menu for the lunch break.
The restaurant in the Kraftwerk is located on the 4th floor.
This is also where the private lunch for VIP participants and our speakers will take place.
Hotel recommendations
As a starting point, we recommend a hotel in Haidhausen or one that is easily accessible from Haidhausen by public transportation, as there are many restaurants in this district and we will also be meeting there on Friday evening.
Roommate referral service
Upon request, we are pleased to assist in finding a roommate to share a hotel room. Please indicate your interest at this email address: kontakt@diamantklub.com. We will then be happy to put you in touch with other interested parties.
Contact
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Send us an email at: kontakt@diamantklub.com