Bodhin Kjolhede | |
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Title | Roshi |
Personal | |
Born | 1948 |
Religion | Zen Buddhism |
School | Rochester Zen Center |
Lineage | Philip Kapleau |
Education | University of Michigan |
Senior posting | |
Based in |
Rochester Zen Center Chapin Mill Buddhist Retreat Center |
Predecessor | Philip Kapleau |
Successor |
Sevan Ross Sante Poromaa Kanja Odland Gerardo Gally Amala Wrightson Robert Goldmann |
Website |
www.rzc.org chapinmill.org |
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Bodhin Kjolhede (born 1948) is a Sōtō/ Rinzai Zen roshi and Abbot of the Rochester Zen Center (RZC), a position he assumed when Philip Kapleau retired from teaching in 1986. [1] He was ordained as a priest in 1976 and received Dharma transmission in 1986. [2] He has authorized eight of his disciples as teachers in their own right: Sante Poromaa, Kanja Odland, Sevan Ross, Gerardo Gally, Amala Wrightson, Robert Goldmann, John Pulleyn, and Donna Kowal. Additionally, Kjolhede has been offered transmission in a Sōtō lineage, but has thus far chosen to decline. [1] [3]