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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.

religion & spirituality buddhism

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Eight Realizations of Great Beings (III): the...

Ocean Mind Sangha ·

2021/05/19

Are you aware of a mind that searches outside of itself and never feels fulfilled? In this talk Zuisei and Brian each explore different aspects of this awareness—the Third Realization. Drawing on different sources from the experience of addiction to the Vimalakurti Sutra, this talk asks us to reflect on how this searching mind show up in our own lives and how might we might work with it.

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Eight Realizations of Great Beings (II): Desires

Ocean Mind Sangha ·

2021/05/13

In this talk, drawing from Dogen’s teachings, the Lojong slogans and more, Zuisei dives into the very human experience of desire. How do the teachings on desire relate to satisfaction and sensuousness? How can we hold that desire is the root of suffering and still realize its affirming and joyful side?

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Eight Realizations of Great Beings (II): Desires

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2021/05/13

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Eight Realizations of Great Beings (I): Impermanence

Ocean Mind Sangha ·

2021/05/06

“I want to be like water. I want to slip through fingers but hold up a ship.” In this talk Zuisei returns to the reality of impermanence, from the Buddha’s last talk just before his death—the Nirvana Sutra, to the wish above taken from an interview with Michelle Williams. How might impermanence inspire you?

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Eight Realizations of Great Beings (I): Impermanence

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2021/05/06

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00:48:54

A Threaded Talk on Impermanence

Ocean Mind Sangha ·

2021/04/22

How do you experience impermanence? In this first threaded talk, Zuisei introduces the realization of impermanence and asks the group gathered to take it from there. As each person speaks up and follows the thread, we explore how we can and do work with this awareness.

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00:48:54

A Threaded Talk on Impermanence

Ocean Mind Sangha ·

2021/04/22

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00:31:30

Journey to Awakening

Ocean Mind Sangha ·

2021/04/14

In this talk Zuisei delves into what it is to experience the vast spaciousness of our ordinary, day-to-day lives. From engaging with our ancestors—whether mythical, spiritual, or flesh and blood—to reflecting on our present and ever-changing paths, how many ways are there to acknowledge the infinite stream of space and time in which we flow? How might this nurture our practice, our kindness, our clarity?

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Journey to Awakening

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2021/04/14

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00:34:41

Possibility

Ocean Mind Sangha ·

2021/03/26

Do you ever pause in the midst of your life and ask yourself, what is my role in all of this? What is my agency? In this talk Zuisei addresses the need to train the body, mind, spirit and heart, the need to learn endurance, flexibility, and kindness, the need to be here now. In the spiritual path, all action is rooted in the clarity and wisdom that arise out of stillness and silence. And out of this wisdom comes hope—or possibility.

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Possibility

Ocean Mind Sangha ·

2021/03/26

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00:29:57

The World Belongs to Those Who Love It

Ocean Mind Sangha ·

2021/02/24

The world is on fire. What do each of us have to offer to meet that fire? Reflecting on the teachings of Dogen’s Mountains and River Sutra, Zuisei looks into what it means to take care and the urgent need for that care. From practicing zazen to the learning about and dismantling the worlds we’ve co-created around racism and climate change, how do we show up for ourselves and one another?

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00:29:57

The World Belongs to Those Who Love It

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2021/02/24

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00:25:01

Papañca: Proliferation

Ocean Mind Sangha ·

2021/02/17

Do you find yourself silently commenting on and critiquing this life as it happens? There’s a Buddhist term for the seemingly endless chatter in our minds—papañca or proliferation. Zuisei brings to life the teachings on papañca contained in the sutra “The Ball of Honey,” exploring how this proliferation comes to be and how we might relate to it skillfully.

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Papañca: Proliferation

Ocean Mind Sangha ·

2021/02/17

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00:31:18

Awash with Joy

Ocean Mind Sangha ·

2021/02/12

We don’t always know we’re perfect, we don’t always feel complete, yet fundamentally, both are true of who we are. In this talk Zuisei highlights Zen as a path of transformation. She shares her personal journey with sadness and leads an intimate exploration of how practice can change the ways in which we relate to ourselves and to each other. In this way, darkness becomes light, and sadness, joy.

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Awash with Joy

Ocean Mind Sangha ·

2021/02/12

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00:28:42

Being Nowhere

Ocean Mind Sangha ·

2021/02/04

Using a passage from the 14th century mystical text, The Cloud of Unknowing, Zuisei speaks of the bridge between the relative and absolute worlds. She refers to the center of the present moment as the place where there is nothing and we are nowhere—the place where we “just sit"” “just walk,” “just eat,” as we refer to it in Zen. It’s the place where doing and doer disappear and we are free to respond to the world spontaneously and “magnificently.”

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00:28:42

Being Nowhere

Ocean Mind Sangha ·

2021/02/04

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Zuisei's Talks

Ocean Mind Sangha ·

2021/01/28

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