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
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