Nissim Amon

Nissim Amon was born in 1963 in Jerusalem

Nissim Amon was born in Jerusalem in 1963 to a secular family. He served in the IDF in the Nahal Brigade and fought in the Lebanon War.

After the army he traveled in the Far East and came to know Buddhism. He joined a Zen monastery in South Korea, became a monk under Zen Master Seung Sahn and was made a Dharma teacher. In Japan he joined the dojo of Zen Master G. W. Nishijima of the Soto Zen order and was certified as a Zen master.

He then taught Zen at Osho's Multiversity in Pune, India. There he met alternative therapy methods and Gestalt psychology.

Amon writes books on meditation, Taoism and Zen, mostly in Hebrew, including a translation of the Tao Te Ching. He hosted the TV series The Secret of Inner Happiness on Channel 8.

He is married to Merav. In 2001 they moved to the Greek island of Paros, where he founded the Tao's retreat center and developed Trilotherapy. He now lives in Israel and runs a school for Trilotherapy guides with his wife.