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Keido Les Kaye

Also known as Les Kaye

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Born
1933
Died
Not recorded
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4

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  • Soto Zen
  • Sōtō Zen
  • Wikipedia attributed Zen lineage chart

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  • Kannon Do Zen Meditation Centerteaches at · Mountain View, CA, USA
  • Kannon Do Zen Meditation Centerlisted center · Kannon Do Zen Meditation Center Mountain View, CA Les Kaye started Zen practice in 1966 with Suzuki-roshi. He attended a three month practice period at Tassajara in 1970 and was ordained by roshi in 1971. He was Shuso (head monk) at Tassjara practice period in 1973. Les received Dharma transmission from Hoitsu Suzuki-roshi in 1985. His publications include "Zen at Work" (1996), "Joyously Through the Days" (2011), and "A Search for Something Greater " (2018). He is currently the abbot at Kannon Do in Mountain View, CA.

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  1. Les Kaye ↗association membership · table row 12 · retrieved 2026-08-21
  2. Keido Les Kaye ↗association directory card · card 52 · retrieved 2026-08-21
  3. Keido Les Kaye ↗association profile · profile page · retrieved 2026-08-21
  4. Keido Les Kaye ↗wikipedia lineage chart node · chart table 12, row 4 · retrieved 2026-08-23