| Bodhin Kjolhede | |
| Birth Date: | 1948 |
| Birth Place: | Michigan |
| Religion: | Zen Buddhism |
| School: | Rochester Zen Center |
| Lineage: | Philip Kapleau |
| Roshi | |
| Location: | Rochester Zen Center Chapin Mill Buddhist Retreat Center |
| Education: | University of Michigan |
| 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.[1] He was ordained as a priest in 1976 and received Dharma transmission in 1986.[2] 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.[1] [3]