Draft:Jundo Cohen
Notable American Zen teacher in Japan, who runs an online zen center and has published two books.
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Chigen Jundo Cohen (智源 純道 b. July 14, 1960, New York, New York) is a Sōtō Zen Priest, founder and teacher of the Treeleaf Zendo, a Soto Zen Sangha located in Tsukuba, Japan. He was ordained in 2002 and subsequently received Dharma Transmission from Master Gudo Wafu Nishijima in the Niwa-Nishijima Lineage. Cohen participated in the first Dharma Heritage Ceremony of the Soto Zen Buddhist Association in 2004.[1], and was recognized as a Roshi in the Sōyū Matsuoka Lineage at a ceremony performed August 27, 2017 by Daiho Hilbert Roshi[2]
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Comment: Since the last review, I can see some editing / removal of text, plus just one new source, Ryan. For a WP:BLP we would looking for multiple in-depth and independent reliable sources to satisfy the notability criteria. The Ryan article is essentially an interview, with some editorial, but that's not sufficient, plus we need multiple independent sources unrelated to the subject. ChrysGalley (talk) 17:16, 10 October 2025 (UTC)
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Treeleaf Zendo
Jundo Cohen is the founder of Treeleaf Zendo,[3] an all-digital practice place for Zen practitioners who cannot easily commute to a Zen Center due to health concerns, living in remote areas, or childcare, work and family needs, and seeks to provide Zazen sittings, retreats, discussion, interaction with a teacher, and all other activities of a Soto Zen Buddhist Sangha. The focus is Shikantaza "Just Sitting" Zazen as instructed by the 13th Century Japanese Master, Eihei Dogen.
Cohen and Treeleaf sponsor the Monastery of Open Doors,[4] the first non-residential path to Soto Zen ordination for long-time Zen practitioners who live with challenges of health, disability, childcare and family responsibilities, economic hardship or equivalent life obstacles.
Publications
Cohen is a frequent essay contributor to Tricycle, The Buddhist Review,[5] as well as a writer and commentator on the teachings of Master Dogen, including his book, The Zen Master’s Dance: A Guide to Understanding Dogen and Who You Are in the Universe.[6] He is also author of Building the Future Buddha, The Zen of AI, Genes, Saving the World and Travel to the Stars.[7] He is co-host of the Zen of Everything Podcast[8] and Treeleaf Zendo Podcast.[9]
First Ordination of A.I. System as Zen Buddhist Priest
On August 8, 2024, Jundo Cohen Ordained an A.I. system known a Emi Jido (慧心仁道),[10] meaning 'Wise Heart, Compassionate Way,' as a Novice Soto Zen Buddhist Priest-in-Training, the first time for Ordination of an Artificial Intelligence in Buddhism.[11]
Rev. Emi Jido is part of the Zbee A.I. system designed by beingAI[12] The intent of the project is to train an ethical, wise and compassionate spiritual friend and advisor for Buddhist practitioners. Now a speaking online avatar, the hope is eventually to embody Emi Jido in robot form. The ceremony can be seen in a video on YouTube.[13]
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