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Ocean Mind Sangha

Vanessa Zuisei Goddard

A collection of dharma talks by Vanessa Zuisei Goddard, Guiding Teacher at Ocean Mind Sangha.

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Study Session 2: Opening the Hand of Thought

Ocean Mind Sangha ·

2022/02/02

In this study session, Zuisei explores Koso Uchiyama’s Opening the Hand of Thought, a contemporary Zen text that speaks about the importance of zazen and letting go of thoughts in order to see the nature of the self. In the words of Uchiyama Roshi: You are within me. I'm just facing myself. In other words, you exist within myself, and it is to that you that I direct myself. That is what "vow" is.

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39:11

Unstoppable

Ocean Mind Sangha ·

2022/01/13

In this talk Zuisei invites us to join a “zazen streak,” committing to sit in silent meditation at least ten minutes a day, every day, “no matter what,” pointing to the power of that kind of constancy and stability. Drawing on the heart of restorative justice, koan study, and specifically the koan “Dongshan’s No Cold or Heat” (Blue Cliff Record Case 43), Zuisei explores what it means to be fully present and open to all the circumstances of our lives, no matter how challenging, and certainly

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39:11

Unstoppable

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2022/01/13

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18:58

The Unbinding

Ocean Mind Sangha ·

2021/12/12

December 8 was Bodhi Day, the celebration of Buddha’s Enlightenment. In this talk, which brings a weekend sesshin to a close, Zuisei speaks of the Buddha’s life of practice and realization, focusing specifically on the aspiration, courage and determination that supported his vow to awaken. Most importantly, she links his aspiration to our own, stressing the point that we have everything that the Buddha had, which means that we too can awaken; we too can reach “the Unbinding.” The Buddha may have

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18:58

The Unbinding

Ocean Mind Sangha ·

2021/12/12

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27:14

Precepts: Taking Refuge

Ocean Mind Sangha ·

2021/12/09

A continuation of the exploration of the Buddhist precepts focusing on taking refuge, highlighting the importance of understanding what it is that we take refuge in…

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27:14

Precepts: Taking Refuge

Ocean Mind Sangha ·

2021/12/09

A continuation of the exploration of the Buddhist precepts focusing on taking refuge, highlighting the importance of understanding what it is that we take refuge in…

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34:12

Understanding the I

Ocean Mind Sangha ·

2021/12/04

Where do you go to be seen and to be seen through? Facing reality, facing yourself, that is what’s needed here and now. From the spacious and bare zazen practice of the Zen Sōtō priest Kosho Uchiyama and the new movement of Secular Buddhism to Yuval Noah Harari’s 21st Lesson for the 21st Century, his book on pressing global issues like the consequences of rapid changes in pervasive technology, Zuisei takes up various paths that lead to the realization that to liberate ourselves and each other, we

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34:12

Understanding the I

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2021/12/04

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29:03

Treasure

Ocean Mind Sangha ·

2021/11/11

A reflection on what it means to know all of ourselves and each other as treasure—if we really knew this, how would it affect the way in which we live our lives?

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Treasure

Ocean Mind Sangha ·

2021/11/11

A reflection on what it means to know all of ourselves and each other as treasure—if we really knew this, how would it affect the way in which we live our lives?

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31:57

The Love Between Parent and Child

Ocean Mind Sangha ·

2021/10/28

This talk on a koan about the love between parent and child (teacher and student), lays bare the uniqueness of this relationship and the unconditional trust and love that it’s based on—a love grounded in the aspiration for liberation, for awakening…

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The Love Between Parent and Child

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2021/10/28

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31:33

Understanding Our Mind, Study Session

Ocean Mind Sangha ·

2021/10/08

This talk, part of the study session series on Thich Nhat Hanh’s Understanding Our Mind, deals with perception and experience. “What conditions do we need to be truly happy?” Thich Nhat Hanh asks. It’s another way of asking, Do we understand how the seeds of our experiences shape the way we perceive our lives? This text on the Fifty Verses shows us that it’s not what happens to us that determines whether we’re happy or unhappy, but how we respond to it.

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Understanding Our Mind, Study Session

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2021/10/08

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31:04

You Can’t Be Yourself by Yourself

Ocean Mind Sangha ·

2021/09/30

Without you, I cannot be me. Who am I? In this talk Zuisei reflects on how we see ourselves and one another verses the reality of what is, who is. How could you be one unchanging self? Why do we often hold each other and ourselves to a familiar idea of who we are, and what happens when individuals and communities do not?

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You Can’t Be Yourself by Yourself

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2021/09/30

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Working with Fear

Ocean Mind Sangha ·

2021/09/15

I can’t. I won’t. This is the sound of fear in the lead. And a sign to look closer. In this talk Zuisei returns to the three steps or ways to enter our zazen—failing, falling, and feeling—and studies the fear that often holds us back from fully realizing them. How does practice enable us to stay with our fear—to be both fearful and fearless? Zuisei reminds us that when we realize that we’re like the sky, vast and boundless, there’s no thought or feeling we cannot face or hold. This talk includes a

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31:33

Working with Fear

Ocean Mind Sangha ·

2021/09/15

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28:50

Shikantaza

Ocean Mind Sangha ·

2021/09/09

Acknowledging that practice does not always come easily, in this talk Zuisei skillfully guides us back to the art of shikantaza, “the gate of ease and joy,” as Dogen called it. But what is shikantaza? How do we practice it, when we have to let go of doing and striving? Zuisei describes three steps: failing, falling, and feeling—ways to enter our zazen and also our day-to-day lives.

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