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I. BACKGROUND

A. Facts 1. The Center The Center is a nonprofit religious corporation founded in 1962 and is one of the largest Sōtō Zen Buddhist churches in North America. Its “specific and primary purpose” is to “encourage the practice of Zen Buddhism by operating one or more religious practice facilities and educating the public about Zen Buddhism.” The Center has three training temples—City Center, Tassajara Mountain Center (Tassajara), and Green Gulch Farm. It offers residential training programs at all three temples. Participants in those programs live at one of the temples full time as a monk. Smith was the former director of the Center and “supervised the senior staff that supervised the work crews.” Galijan was the former president of the Center and “supervised the directors of the three temples.” The Center generates income by renting out rooms at all three temples to overnight guests who are not members as well as conference and event space at Green Gulch Farm to corporations like Facebook and Google. Tassajara is open to the public and guests staying there go to the “hot springs, [or] baths” and “do not have to practice Buddhism.” Between 2015 and 2019, the Center’s…