Why Some Buddhist Teachers Don’t Ordain
In Western Zen, lay teachers can get overshadowed by priests and monastics due to the often hazy distinction between their roles.
Sean Murphy
Sean Murphy is an author, a transmitted teacher in the White Plum lineage, and the director of the Sage Institute Meditation Leader Training Program in Taos, New Mexico. murphyzen.com
TeachingsMagazine | Dharma Talk, Teachings
Get Out of Your Head
When we project conditioning from our past onto the present, we turn a benign moment into something else. Understanding the "five conditions" can help us get back to reality.
The Fab Four’s Noble Truths
On the fortieth anniversary of the Beatles' Revolver, Sean Murphy reflects on a generation's sonic introduction to Eastern thought.
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | In Memoriam
Philip Kapleau Roshi (1912-2004)
Remembrances from Sean Murphy, Don Morreale & Kenneth Kraft
Tea on the Dead Sea
Soen Nakagawa Roshi (1907-1984) figured greatly in the transmission of Zen to the West. In the wild antics of this late teacher, Sean Murphy finds wisdom and a mischievous heart
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