Bodhin Kjolhede

Bodhin Kjolhede

Religion	Zen Buddhism
School	Rochester Zen Center
Lineage	Philip Kapleau
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Born	1948 Michigan, United States
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Based in	Rochester Zen Center Chapin Mill Buddhist Retreat Center
Title	Roshi
Predecessor	Philip Kapleau
Successor	Sevan Ross Sante Poromaa Kanja Odland Gerardo Gally Amala Wrightson Robert Goldmann
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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 six of his disciples as teachers in their own right: Sante Poromaa, Kanja Odland, Sevan Ross, Gerardo Gally, Amala Wrightson, and Robert Goldmann. Additionally, Kjolhede has been offered transmission in a Sōtō lineage, but has thus far chosen to decline.^[1]^[3]

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^ ^a ^b Ford, 159
^ Ford, 158
^ Baggott, 38

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References

Baggott, Andy. Living the Zen Arts: Meditation, Martial Arts, Calligraphy, Flower Arranging, the Art of Tea. Godsfield. ISBN 1-84181-265-X.

Ford, James Ishmael (2006). Zen Master Who?: A Guide to the People and Stories of Zen. Wisdom Publications. ISBN 0-86171-509-8.

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Name	Kjolhede, Bodhin
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Date of birth	1948
Place of birth	Michigan, United States
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