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Teachers & Priests

All teachers within the Hollow Bones Tradition strive to embody the Five Elements of the Hollow Bones Path.  This means that he or she is waking up from the illusory nature of ego, and then sharing the fruit of this spiritual discernment with others. Hollow Bones teachers have touched the depth of their being, and return from that depth with the following commitments.

• They no longer pollute and poison this sacred earth; nor do they consciously exploit other sentient beings.
• They have shifted their understanding about the nature of mind, and now see through the myth of an ego as a personal entity or self-inherent being.

• They are no longer confused about the real nature and purpose of feeling. As a consequence of this, they are no longer held hostage to the promiscuous reactions of such emotions as fear, anger or jealousy.  Hazardous emotional reactions are spontaneously transformed into compassionate and wise responses.
• They are physically vital, sensitive, poised, and consciously embodied, and strive to abide in a continual realization of meditative awareness.
• Finally, and most importantly, they share this life of disciplined, loving awareness with others; they shine forth the truth of our integrated practice.

Abbot Jun Po Denis Kelly

Jun Po Denis Kelly, received his Zen Masters recognition in 1992. He was Vice Abbot and head monk as well as resident yoga teacher at Dai Bosatsu Zendo Kong Ji in the Catskill Mountains in New York state from 1987 through 1993. His Inka Zen lineage is in the Rinzai tradition, through Eido Shimano Roshi of the The Zen Studies Society. His yoga lineage is that of BKS Iyengar and Patabi Jois. Jun Po has been practicing, studying and teaching Zen and Yoga for over twenty-five years.

Vice Abbot Rev. Dai En Hi Fu George Burch

Dai En was ordained as a Rinzai Zen Buddhist monk on December 7, 1996 at Dai Bosatsu Mountain Monastery, Catskills New York.  Rev. Eido Tai Shimano was his ordination master and has been his teaching master for over 23 years. Dai En has served primarily as a Shukaryo or business manager for the Zen Buddhist community and has raised substantial funds with effortless work to further the understanding of Buddhism in America.