He trained with Robert Aitken and John Tarrant, and received transmission from them in 1997. Ross Bolleter teaches in Australia and New Zealand. He is a composer with numerous CD releases, especially in the field of ruined piano. His book of poems, Piano Hill, was published n 2009, and was the subject of a television documentary aired in Australia and New Zealand. He is the author of Dongshan’s Five Ranks and the forthcoming Crow Flies Backwards.