Oregon, Harold Little and Patty Krahl ordained by Les Kaye Roshi Casco Zen Center in Casco, Maine Middle Way Zen in San Jose, Cornelia Junfu Shonkwiler, Dharma heir of Les Kaye Roshi Zen-Boulay.org in Paris, France Kannon Do shares this tradition of practice established by Shunryu Suzuki with San Francisco Zen Center Tassajara Zen Mountain Center Berkeley Zen Center Sonoma Zen Mountain Center Green Gulch Farm Zen Center Abbot Les Kaye is the current abbot of Kannon Do. He was ordained as a Zen monk by Shunryu Suzuki in 1971. Kaye was appointed spiritual leader of Kannon Do in 1982. In 1986, Kaye was recognized as a Zen teacher and a successor in the lineage of Shunryu Suzuki. Kaye worked for IBM in San Jose for over 30 years. He teaches the Meditation at Work program to organizations in Silicon Valley. Kaye's book Zen at Work tells how his own meditation practice enhanced his life and work at IBM. In his workbook Oryoki Manual, Kaye explains the traditional way of serving and eating meals in Soto Zen Monasteries. References External links Kannon Do Zen Meditation Center Benefits of Meditation Spiritual retreats Buddhist meditation Zen centers in California