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 Roshi Philip Kapleau and has been the Abbot of the Rochester Zen Center since 1986.
Pain, Passion, and the Precepts
In upholding the precepts, we actualize our buddhanature
What’s in the Mix?
Zen Abbot Bodhin Kjolhede Do enlightenment and alcohol mix? No. That’s the short answer. But let’s define our terms. There are many people who might consider themselves “drunks” who haven’t touched alcohol in years. But here…
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Meat: To Eat It or Not—Bodhin Kjolhede
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…
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