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Department of Secretarial Affairs
Tel: 739-5590~1, 739-9680 Fax: 733-8537
Department of Secretarial Affairs at the Headquarters of the Order is the secretariat of the President of Administration. Its role is to help the president do his interior and exterior works smoothly, by taking care of his schedules and capably assisting him.
Board of Adjudication
Tel: 733-6057 Fax: 733-6056
Board of Adjudication plays the role of the courts in the secular world. It examines and mediates the internal conflicts of the Order. In case of violation of the regulations and rules of the Order, as a trial organization, it judges the case. For fair trials, it is divided into Trials(Board of the first trial Adjudication) and Appeals(Board of Retral Adjudication).
General Affairs for the Central Council
Tel: 735-5860, Fax: 733-8286
General Affairs for the Central Council has a total of 81members. Fifty-one of the bhikku and ten of the bhikkuni members are elected by the members of 24 regional headquarters of the Jogye Order, and the remaining twenty-one bhikku and bhikkuni members are workers from organizations related to education and missionary activities. As a legislative organ of the Order and representative organ of the sangha, it is the representative constitutional organization that decides legislation and important policies of the Order, by the means of majority rule.
The ideological background of adopting the council system is: first, the Central Council is good for the democratic operation of the Order by restraining the executives’ autocratic power; second, it made it possible to realize the principals of the sangha’s rights, and of a system which insists the representatives should decide the proceedings of the Order; third, it allowed the sangha to realize a long-held wish to participate in the operation of the Order, from which they had been excluded.
Tel: 739-5590~1, 739-9680 Fax: 733-8537
Department of Secretarial Affairs at the Headquarters of the Order is the secretariat of the President of Administration. Its role is to help the president do his interior and exterior works smoothly, by taking care of his schedules and capably assisting him.
Board of Adjudication
Tel: 733-6057 Fax: 733-6056
Board of Adjudication plays the role of the courts in the secular world. It examines and mediates the internal conflicts of the Order. In case of violation of the regulations and rules of the Order, as a trial organization, it judges the case. For fair trials, it is divided into Trials(Board of the first trial Adjudication) and Appeals(Board of Retral Adjudication).
General Affairs for the Central Council
Tel: 735-5860, Fax: 733-8286
General Affairs for the Central Council has a total of 81members. Fifty-one of the bhikku and ten of the bhikkuni members are elected by the members of 24 regional headquarters of the Jogye Order, and the remaining twenty-one bhikku and bhikkuni members are workers from organizations related to education and missionary activities. As a legislative organ of the Order and representative organ of the sangha, it is the representative constitutional organization that decides legislation and important policies of the Order, by the means of majority rule.
The ideological background of adopting the council system is: first, the Central Council is good for the democratic operation of the Order by restraining the executives’ autocratic power; second, it made it possible to realize the principals of the sangha’s rights, and of a system which insists the representatives should decide the proceedings of the Order; third, it allowed the sangha to realize a long-held wish to participate in the operation of the Order, from which they had been excluded.
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Bureau of Education
Tel: 732-4923~4, Fax: 732-4926
This body is in charge of taking care of all the educational administration of the sangha of the Order, under the fundamental ideology of succeeding to the wisdom of the Buddha and spreading it to save all sentient beings. The Bureau of Education’s work is to train competent people who can contribute to the realization of the Buddha land, by offering necessary education to realize the course taken by Bodhisattvas in order to attain Buddhahood.
The Research Institute for Buddhist Studies under the Bureau of Education is in charge of systematizing doctrinal research and developing doctrine, and supporting the work of the Bureau of Education by studying Seon (zen) meditation, rules for monks, and doctrine.
The Committee for Education is working to establish a general plan for an educational program for the Order. The Committee for Education establishes, revises, and refines the Order’s laws and ordinances related to education. The committee also plans education programs, and studies and projects the contents of education.
The Text Compilation Committee under the Bureau of Education compiles the texts for educational institutes related to the Order. The Committee also edits and supervises the publications that the Order designates.
The Translation Committee is in charge of translating Buddhist scripture.
Bureau of Missionary Activities
The Bureau of Missionary Activities is in charge of propagating Buddhism. There is a propagation section and a propagation research section. The former: selects propagators; supervises and educates the monks that teach doctrine, monks in the Army, and lay Buddhist that teach doctrine; supports Buddhist groups; and receives applications for and issues Buddhist identification cards. The propagation research section plans propagation strategies, both short and long term, and studies methods to activate propagation. It also publishes Monthly Dharma Meeting & Dharma Talk, and produces and distributes books about Buddhist services and introductions to Buddhism, as well as all kinds of books for Buddhist education and Buddhist service.
General Affair Department
Tel: 735-5861~2, 737-9681~2, Fax: 720-3302
The General Affairs Department is in charge of all general affairs, including:
·matters concerning meetings for the religious affairs of the Jogye Order of Korean
Buddhism
·matters concerning establishing and revising various regulations, such as the Order’s
constitution, laws, rules and others
·matters concerning personnel
·matters concerning receiving and sending documents
·matters concerning preservation of files and an official seal
·matters concerning supervising the temples’ administration
·matters concerning the transferring of people and know-how among temples
·matters concerning awarding prizes, disciplinary actions, amnesty, mitigation, and
reinstatement
·matters concerning assessing credit
·matters concerning issuing all kinds of identification cards
·matters concerning monks’ registration.
This department runs similar to the division of general affairs in ordinary companies, but one big difference is that the Division of the General Affairs in the Jogye Order runs a not-for-profit organization.
Planning Department
Tel: 732-9342, 733-4749 Fax: 733-8285 Tel (Department of Computerization): 730-9822, 737-6204
The Planning Department is in charge of: studying and planning the general administration of religious affairs; planning the business of the Order; establishing the general plans for compilation and operation of a budget; projecting general plans and short and long term development plans; preparing drafts for the Order’s laws and regulations; advertising the Order’s work; inspecting the Order’s organizations; investigating the propriety of the handling of temples’ properties; managing and computerizing the Order’s files; and compiling statistics.
Department of Financial Affairs
Tel: 735-5863, 735-2043-4 Fax: 733-8536
The Department of Financial Affairs is in charge of finances and accounts. They receive applications and investigate and possibly approve requests by temples to use Order property; they investigate and may approve the propriety of the sale of temples’ land; they can approve the lease of real estate; they approve the use of temple admission charge funds; they manage the Order’s property, and manage temples’ budget and accounts; they receive each temples’ regular payments to the Order; they receive requests and disburse the Order Headquarters’ budget estimate; they manage wages; and they build, maintain, and manage the buildings for the Headquarters of the Order.
Department of Cultural Affairs
Tel: 739-1830, 725-1674 Fax: 722-2606
The Cultural Department is in charge of improving, developing, and exchanging Buddhist culture and art. They also preserve, take care of, study, and research Buddhist cultural assets, and carry out fact-finding surveys for Buddhist cultural assets, and surveys for the designation of cultural assets.
Social Affairs Department
Tel: 735-5864, 735-5882 Fax: 735-0614
This department has many responsibilities.
·First, establishing policies about social activities of the Order, supporting and cooperating with lay Buddhist groups, carrying out cooperating works about various kinds of events and current matters
·Second, establishing policies about exchanges between North and South Korea and Unification, and carrying out those policies, and carrying out research
·Third, establishing policies and doing research about the environment, dealing with damaged environment around temples, confronting environmental matters in conjunction with eco-friendly groups, carrying out education about the environment and raising the sense of an environmental role of branch temples
·Fourth, working toward solidifying the international position of Korean Buddhism and sending Korean monks abroad and inviting foreign monks to Korea, performing exchanges between Korean Buddhism and Buddhism from other countries, and also working for the exchange and cooperation between different Orders of Korean Buddhism
·Fifth, confronting religious biased contents in the media and public institutes, running a committee for measures related to religious bias, to prevent religious biased incidents in advance.
Department for the Protection of Regulations
Tel: 735-5865~6, Fax: 735-0613
*Services of the Department for the Protection of Regulations
·enforcement of rules and regulations, pertaining to any groups or individuals
connected to the Jogye Order
·matters concerning monks’ regulations
·matters concerning amnesty, reduction, and reinstatement of disciplinary actions
·propose and carry out disciplinary action
*Features of the Work of the Department for the Protection of Regulations
Based on the provisions to follow the rules and regulations of the sangha, the Department for the Protection of Regulations protects the Order and Buddhists’ rights and guides the righteous prosperity of the Three Jewels. It enforces the rules of the Order. The right to carry out disciplinary actions is granted through the Administration of the Order. The power to request and carry out disciplinary actions is closely related to the Precepts Adjudication Council, so it has a judicial aspect inside of the Order at the same time. As a functional feature, when the executive director of the Department for the Protection of Regulations is appointed, even though this department is under the Headquarters of the Jogye Order, it must get appointment approval by the Central Council, in order to secure the restraining aspect and independence of the Department for the Protection of Regulations by the laws of the Order.
Ceremonial Planning Group
The Introduction to the Ceremonial Planning Group Tel: 725-6641, 725-6642 Fax: 725-6643
The Ceremonial Planning Group prepares and carries out ceremonial events on the Buddha’s Birthday. Its main jobs are preparing the Lotus Lantern Parade, Buddhist ceremonies, the lighting ceremony in front of Seoul City Hall, and designs for the Buddha’s Birthday. The group not only hosts and supports main events of the Order, but it also cherishes and develops the culture of traditional lanterns, and puts efforts toward developing the Lotus Lantern Festival as one of the most remarkable traditional and cultural festivals in Korea.
Tel: 732-4923~4, Fax: 732-4926
This body is in charge of taking care of all the educational administration of the sangha of the Order, under the fundamental ideology of succeeding to the wisdom of the Buddha and spreading it to save all sentient beings. The Bureau of Education’s work is to train competent people who can contribute to the realization of the Buddha land, by offering necessary education to realize the course taken by Bodhisattvas in order to attain Buddhahood.
The Research Institute for Buddhist Studies under the Bureau of Education is in charge of systematizing doctrinal research and developing doctrine, and supporting the work of the Bureau of Education by studying Seon (zen) meditation, rules for monks, and doctrine.
The Committee for Education is working to establish a general plan for an educational program for the Order. The Committee for Education establishes, revises, and refines the Order’s laws and ordinances related to education. The committee also plans education programs, and studies and projects the contents of education.
The Text Compilation Committee under the Bureau of Education compiles the texts for educational institutes related to the Order. The Committee also edits and supervises the publications that the Order designates.
The Translation Committee is in charge of translating Buddhist scripture.
Bureau of Missionary Activities
The Bureau of Missionary Activities is in charge of propagating Buddhism. There is a propagation section and a propagation research section. The former: selects propagators; supervises and educates the monks that teach doctrine, monks in the Army, and lay Buddhist that teach doctrine; supports Buddhist groups; and receives applications for and issues Buddhist identification cards. The propagation research section plans propagation strategies, both short and long term, and studies methods to activate propagation. It also publishes Monthly Dharma Meeting & Dharma Talk, and produces and distributes books about Buddhist services and introductions to Buddhism, as well as all kinds of books for Buddhist education and Buddhist service.
General Affair Department
Tel: 735-5861~2, 737-9681~2, Fax: 720-3302
The General Affairs Department is in charge of all general affairs, including:
·matters concerning meetings for the religious affairs of the Jogye Order of Korean
Buddhism
·matters concerning establishing and revising various regulations, such as the Order’s
constitution, laws, rules and others
·matters concerning personnel
·matters concerning receiving and sending documents
·matters concerning preservation of files and an official seal
·matters concerning supervising the temples’ administration
·matters concerning the transferring of people and know-how among temples
·matters concerning awarding prizes, disciplinary actions, amnesty, mitigation, and
reinstatement
·matters concerning assessing credit
·matters concerning issuing all kinds of identification cards
·matters concerning monks’ registration.
This department runs similar to the division of general affairs in ordinary companies, but one big difference is that the Division of the General Affairs in the Jogye Order runs a not-for-profit organization.
Planning Department
Tel: 732-9342, 733-4749 Fax: 733-8285 Tel (Department of Computerization): 730-9822, 737-6204
The Planning Department is in charge of: studying and planning the general administration of religious affairs; planning the business of the Order; establishing the general plans for compilation and operation of a budget; projecting general plans and short and long term development plans; preparing drafts for the Order’s laws and regulations; advertising the Order’s work; inspecting the Order’s organizations; investigating the propriety of the handling of temples’ properties; managing and computerizing the Order’s files; and compiling statistics.
Department of Financial Affairs
Tel: 735-5863, 735-2043-4 Fax: 733-8536
The Department of Financial Affairs is in charge of finances and accounts. They receive applications and investigate and possibly approve requests by temples to use Order property; they investigate and may approve the propriety of the sale of temples’ land; they can approve the lease of real estate; they approve the use of temple admission charge funds; they manage the Order’s property, and manage temples’ budget and accounts; they receive each temples’ regular payments to the Order; they receive requests and disburse the Order Headquarters’ budget estimate; they manage wages; and they build, maintain, and manage the buildings for the Headquarters of the Order.
Department of Cultural Affairs
Tel: 739-1830, 725-1674 Fax: 722-2606
The Cultural Department is in charge of improving, developing, and exchanging Buddhist culture and art. They also preserve, take care of, study, and research Buddhist cultural assets, and carry out fact-finding surveys for Buddhist cultural assets, and surveys for the designation of cultural assets.
Social Affairs Department
Tel: 735-5864, 735-5882 Fax: 735-0614
This department has many responsibilities.
·First, establishing policies about social activities of the Order, supporting and cooperating with lay Buddhist groups, carrying out cooperating works about various kinds of events and current matters
·Second, establishing policies about exchanges between North and South Korea and Unification, and carrying out those policies, and carrying out research
·Third, establishing policies and doing research about the environment, dealing with damaged environment around temples, confronting environmental matters in conjunction with eco-friendly groups, carrying out education about the environment and raising the sense of an environmental role of branch temples
·Fourth, working toward solidifying the international position of Korean Buddhism and sending Korean monks abroad and inviting foreign monks to Korea, performing exchanges between Korean Buddhism and Buddhism from other countries, and also working for the exchange and cooperation between different Orders of Korean Buddhism
·Fifth, confronting religious biased contents in the media and public institutes, running a committee for measures related to religious bias, to prevent religious biased incidents in advance.
Department for the Protection of Regulations
Tel: 735-5865~6, Fax: 735-0613
*Services of the Department for the Protection of Regulations
·enforcement of rules and regulations, pertaining to any groups or individuals
connected to the Jogye Order
·matters concerning monks’ regulations
·matters concerning amnesty, reduction, and reinstatement of disciplinary actions
·propose and carry out disciplinary action
*Features of the Work of the Department for the Protection of Regulations
Based on the provisions to follow the rules and regulations of the sangha, the Department for the Protection of Regulations protects the Order and Buddhists’ rights and guides the righteous prosperity of the Three Jewels. It enforces the rules of the Order. The right to carry out disciplinary actions is granted through the Administration of the Order. The power to request and carry out disciplinary actions is closely related to the Precepts Adjudication Council, so it has a judicial aspect inside of the Order at the same time. As a functional feature, when the executive director of the Department for the Protection of Regulations is appointed, even though this department is under the Headquarters of the Jogye Order, it must get appointment approval by the Central Council, in order to secure the restraining aspect and independence of the Department for the Protection of Regulations by the laws of the Order.
Ceremonial Planning Group
The Introduction to the Ceremonial Planning Group Tel: 725-6641, 725-6642 Fax: 725-6643
The Ceremonial Planning Group prepares and carries out ceremonial events on the Buddha’s Birthday. Its main jobs are preparing the Lotus Lantern Parade, Buddhist ceremonies, the lighting ceremony in front of Seoul City Hall, and designs for the Buddha’s Birthday. The group not only hosts and supports main events of the Order, but it also cherishes and develops the culture of traditional lanterns, and puts efforts toward developing the Lotus Lantern Festival as one of the most remarkable traditional and cultural festivals in Korea.
