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{{Infobox Buddhist temple
| name             = Treeleaf Zendo
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| denomination     = [[Sōtō]]
| founded          = 2006
(contracted; show full)f name="sweep">{{cite web |url=http://sweepingzen.com/2010/10/29/jundo-cohen-interview/ |title=Jundo Cohen interview |accessdate=May 10, 2012 |publisher=Sweeping Zen }}</ref> 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 Zazen sittings, retreats, discussion, interaction with a teacher, and all other activities of a Zen Buddhist Sangha, all fully online.<ref name="about"/>
  

{{quote|But, really, we are a Sangha just about like any Sangha, and the place feels like a small, intimate group of people who sit together and support each other in practice. That is the way it should be.<ref name="sweep"/>}}

The focus is ''[[Shikantaza]]'' "Just Sitting" Zazen<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.treeleaf.org/articles/TreeleafTheLineage.html |title=Lineage: a continuing history... |accessdate=April 4, 2013  |publisher=Treeleaf Zendo }}</ref> as instructed by the 13th Century Japanese Master, [[Dogen|Eihei Dogen]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sweepingzen.com/2009/12/23/jundo-cohen-bio/ |title=Jundo Cohen Bio |accessdate=May 10, 2012 |publisher=Sweeping Zen }}</ref>

==Ordination controversy==

In May 2012, Treeleaf ordained novice priests in Austin, Texas and Rochester, New York via the internet.<ref name="shukke">{{cite web |url=http://shambhalasun.com/news/?p=33758 |title=Treeleaf Zendo conducts Shukke Tokudo via the internet |accessdate=June 21, 2012 ||publisher=[[Buddhadharma: The Practitioner's Quarterly]] }}</ref> Largely in response to this,.<ref name="ordain">{{cite web |url=http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?9727-Ordination-Tribulation |title=Ordination Tribulation |accessdate=June 21, 2012 |publisher=Treeleaf.org }}</ref> [[Soto Zen Buddhist Association]] passed a resolution rejecting online ordination.<ref name="shukke"/><ref name="ordain"/>

(contracted; show full) face-to-face transmission of the Dharma, we conclude that tokudo ceremonies are most appropriately conducted in person except under rare and extenuating circumstances, such as a deathbed ordination. Exceptions should be made in consultation with the SZBA Board. By extension, transmission ceremonies should likewise be conducted in person.<ref name="ordain"/>}}

Cohen and Taigu Tulur have expressed their intentions to continue online ordination at Treeleaf despite the opinion of some in the 
the SZBA.<ref name="ordain"/> 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"<ref>http://shambhalasun.com/sunspace/?p=18165</ref> 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."<ref>http://shambhalasun.com/sunspace/?p=16977</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{official website|http://www.treeleaf.org/}}
* [http://treeleaf.podbean.com/ Treeleaf podcasts]
* [http://sweepingzen.com/tag/treeleaf-zendo/ Treeleaf Sit-A-Longs]

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