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Treeleaf Zendo is a Zen Buddhist sangha in the Sōtō tradition.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=About Treeleaf, teacher Jundo and our Lineage )〕 Treeleaf's teacher is Jundo Cohen 〔 and the zendo is a member of the Soto Zen Buddhist Association.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Treeleaf Zendo )〕 Treeleaf Zendo was designed specifically as an online practice place for Zen practitioners〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=BG 053: Virtual Zen: Dropping Here and There )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Jundo Cohen interview )〕 who cannot easily commute to a Zen Center due to health concerns, living in remote areas, or work, childcare and family needs, and seeks to provide netcast Zazen sittings, retreats, Jukai, discussion, interaction with a teacher, and all other activities of a Zen Buddhist Sangha, all fully online and without charge.〔 The focus is ''Shikantaza'' "Just Sitting" Zazen〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Lineage: a continuing history... )〕 as instructed by the 13th Century Japanese Master, Eihei Dogen.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Jundo Cohen Bio )〕 ==Ordination policy== Since 2012, Treeleaf has ordained several novice priests in the United States, Mexico, Canada, the UK and Europe in ceremonies which occurred simultaneously in each country joined by netcast over the internet.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Treeleaf Zendo conducts Shukke Tokudo via the internet )〕 Largely in response to this,.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ordination Tribulation )〕 Soto Zen Buddhist Association passed a resolution rejecting online ordination for new members wishing to join that organization, requiring the ceremony to be conducted in one place at a time in the same physical room.〔〔 Jundo Cohen has expressed his intention to continue online ordination ceremonies at Treeleaf despite the opinion of some in the SZBA.〔 Jundo has stated, "beyond any ceremony, the real test and responsibility will be the training and education as clergy, ministers and teachers that it is our responsibility to now provide these novice priests. In order to do so, we are about to embark on a road which will take years of hard and sincere effort, also combining traditional ways and some very new, innovative ways of education" and "We expect the training period will require several years, and there is no promise or expectation of the outcome. The “goalless goal” is the creation of priests who have profoundly penetrated into the way of Zazen, who are ethical, who can serve the community and people who come to them for guidance, and who embody the ways of their Lineage. No corners can be cut, and nothing should be rushed, for we would risk giving birth to clergy and teachers who are ill equipped, ill informed and ill prepared for their roles." To compromise with the SZBA, in 2014 Cohen conducted in the United States a special "face-to-face" ceremony with several Treeleaf novice priests residing in North America, and each of those novice priests has now been admitted as an associate member to the SZBA. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Treeleaf Zendo」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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