Complex sentence: Denko was ordained as a Rinzai Zen Buddhist priest on July 4 1980 and received Dharma transmission from Eido Roshi in 2002.
Split into simpler sentences: Denko was ordained as a Rinzai Zen Buddhist monk on July 4 1980. Denko received Dharma Transmission (Inka) from Eido Roshi in 2002.