Philip Murphy is longtime meditation practitioner and guide. He is a former director at three of the leading Insight Meditation centers in the US, and was certified in Mindfulness Facilitation by the UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Center.

Philip is active in vegan and animal freedom communities in the Northeast Corridor spanning from Boston to Washington, DC. He was a co-founder of the first US-based chapter (in New York City) of Animal Rebellion. Philip currently serves as an Advisor to the American Vegan Society, and is the founder of pan-dharmic collective liberation initiative Ahimsa Dharma Anti-Speciesist Action (ADASA).

In recognition of his collective liberation activism Philip was awarded the International Courage of Conscience Award by the Peace Abbey Foundation.