Turning Word
Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede, co-director of the Rochester Zen Center, talks about a Buddhist book that made a significant impact on his practice.
Bodhin Kjolhede
Bodhin Kjolhede is the dharma heir of Philip Kapleau and has been the Abbot of the Rochester Zen Center since 1986.
Don’t Just Sit There
You can do everything right on the cushion and still struggle in your practice. Here's why.
Pain, Passion, and the Precepts
In upholding the precepts, we actualize our buddhanature
What’s in the Mix?
An abbot and scholar discuss whether alcohol use is compatible with enlightenment or Buddhist practice.
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Meat: To Eat It or Not
Not long ago a Zen teacher, during the course of an introductory workshop, stated three times, vehemently, “Buddhism is not vegetarianism.” He later argued that to be vegetarian is a kind of attachment. What are we to…
Dharma Talks
The Precepts as Practice
In this retreat, Roshi Kjolhede will guide us through the Three Refuges, the Three General Resolutions, and the Ten Cardinal Precepts, which together comprise the Precepts as commonly understood in Zen Buddhism. The retreat begins January…
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