Bodhin Kjolhede

Bodhin Kjolhede
Title	Roshi
Personal
Born	1948 Michigan
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

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. He was ordained as a priest in 1976 and received Dharma transmission in 1986. 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.

See also

• Buddhism in the United States
• Haku'un Yasutani
• Timeline of Zen Buddhism in the United States

Galleries

Chapin Mill

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References

• Baggott, Andy (2005). Living the Zen Arts: Meditation, Martial Arts, Calligraphy, Flower Arranging, the Art of Tea. Godsfield. ISBN 1-84181-265-X. OCLC 61529032.
• Ford, James Ishmael (2006). Zen Master Who?: A Guide to the People and Stories of Zen. Wisdom Publications. ISBN 0-86171-509-8.
• McDaniel, Richard Bryan (2015). Cypress trees in the garden : the second generation of Zen teaching in North America. Sumeru Press. ISBN 9781896559261. OCLC 931721846.