Doug Phillips has been a student of the way for many, many years. Originally an Episcopal priest and these days a practicing psychologist, he has studied the Dharma with Maurine Stuart, George Bowman, and Vimala Thakar. He received authorization as an Insight meditation teacher from Larry Rosenberg, and not long ago I gave him Dharma transmission in the Zen tradition.
Doug is the principal teacher of the Empty Sky Sangha in West Cornwall, CT.
And now I’m happy to announce, that on the evening of the 14th of May, within a gathering of the sangha he serves, and witnessed by Dosho Port, Roshi, I ordained Doug as a priest within the Soto Zen tradition.
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