The basis of tragedy is man's helplessness against disease, war and death; the basis of comedy is man's helplessness against vanity (the vanity of love, greed, lust, power).
Bio: Willigis Jäger was a German Benedictine monk, mystic, and Zen master, who trained and taught in the Sanbo Kyodan tradition until 2009, and then continued his own sangha independently.
