Bodhin Kjolhede
American Buddhist monk
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| Intro | American Buddhist monk | |
| Places | United States of America | |
| is | Monk Buddhist monk | |
| Work field | Religion | |
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| Religion: | Buddhism | |
| Birth | 1948, Michigan, USA | |
| Age | 77 years |
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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. He was ordained as a priest in 1976 and received Dharma transmission in 1986. 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.