Junpo Denis Kelly, received his Zen Masters recognition in 1992.

He was ViceAbbot 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.