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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.
By Sean MurphyIn Western Zen, lay teachers can get overshadowed by priests and monastics due to the often hazy distinction between their roles.
By Sean MurphyWhen 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.
By Sean MurphySnapshots of John Daido Loori Roshi
By Sean MurphySean Murphy reports on the annual conference of the West’s largest Zen teacher network.
By Sean MurphySasaki Roshi, a founding father of American Zen, turns one hundred.
By Sean MurphyOn the fortieth anniversary of the Beatles’ Revolver, Sean Murphy reflects on a generation’s sonic introduction to Eastern thought.
By Sean Murphy, Artwork by Klaus VoormannSean Murphy remembers America’s first Korean Zen Master.
By Sean MurphyRemembrances from Sean Murphy, Don Morreale & Kenneth Kraft
Sean Murphy, Don Morreale and Kenneth KraftPhilip Whalen, Zen priest, abbot of San Francisco’s Hartford Street Zen Center, and Beat poet, died on June 26, 2002, at the age of seventy-eight, after a prolonged illness. Born in Portland, Oregon in 1923, Whalen was associated with the West Coast Beats and appeared with Allen Ginsberg and Gary Snyder in the legendary Gallery […]
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