Robert Kennedy

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Biography: Father Robert Kennedy is a Jesuit priest and Zen teacher in the White Plum lineage. He taught theology for many years at St. Peter's College in New Jersey and as a young man studied with Yamada Rochi in Kamakura, Japan, with Maezumi Roshi in Los Angeles, and later with Glassman Roshi in New York. He was installed as sensei in 1991 and was conferred Inka (his final seal of approval) in 1997 by Glassman Roshi. He is the author of Zen Gifts to Christians and other books.