Ross Bolleter

About The Author

Ross Bolleter Roshi is a Zen teacher in the Diamond Sangha tradition teaching in Australia and New Zealand. He trained with Robert Aitken and John Tarrant and received Dharma transmission from them in 1997. He is also a composer with numerous CD releases, especially in the field of ruined piano. His book of poems, Piano Hill, was published by Fremantle Press in 2009. Ross is also the author of Dongshan’s Five Ranks. He teaches in Australia and New Zealand and has successors there. Ross lives in Perth, Western Australia, has two grown-up children, Amanda and Julian, and is a grandfather twice over.

Books by Ross Bolleter

The Crow Flies Backwards and Other New Zen Koans
By Ross Bolleter
Discover how the mysterious, powerful form of the koan—known for bringing about sudden enlightenment—can disrupt and illuminate your everyday understanding of life.
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Dongshan's Five Ranks

Keys to Enlightenment

By Ross Bolleter
The first in-depth English commentary on the Five Ranks—a core text of the Zen tradition that teaches what can't be taught—which contains new translations of all of the key texts of the Five Ranks cycle.
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