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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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00:26:11

On Loving-Kindness

Ocean Mind Sangha ·

2021/01/28

Anchoring her talk on the teachings on loving-kindness contained in the Karaniya Metta Sutta, Zuisei speaks on the importance of applying these teachings to oneself, as well as others. For the longer we practice, the more we understand that the lines we draw: inside and outside, self and other, exist nowhere else but in our minds. “The only thing that stops you is your mind,” Zuisei says, quoting the late Burmese teacher Dipa Ma. But, as Zuisei points out, mind too is vast and without boundaries,

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00:26:11

On Loving-Kindness

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2021/01/28

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00:32:37

Love as Prime Mover

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2021/01/13

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Love as Prime Mover

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2021/01/13

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00:38:27

Still Running • Interview

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2021/01/13

Zuisei Goddard draws on the life of the Buddha to illustrate the six stages of pilgrimage—the call, homeleaving, the journey, contemplation, encounter, return. Pilgrimage is both an inner and outer journey; it is travel into the unknown for the purpose of knowing ourselves intimately and drawing closer to our understanding of the divine. It is realizing that at the end of a long sojourn, we return to the home that we never actually left.

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00:26:14

Still Running • Interview with Jay Rinsen Weik Sensei

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2021/01/13

In this interview Zuisei shares a glimpse into her history around the monastic life and introduces her book Still Running—the Art of Meditation in Motion. Pilgrimage is both an inner and outer journey; it is travel into the unknown for the purpose of knowing ourselves intimately and drawing closer to our understanding of the divine. It is realizing that at the end of a long sojourn, we return to the home that we never actually left.

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Still Running • Interview with Jay Rinsen Weik Sensei

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2021/01/13

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00:25:58

Opening into Reality

Ocean Mind Sangha ·

2021/01/08

What does it mean to open into, trust reality, instead of trying to force things into being? How do we reconcile accepting the things we cannot change with changing the things we cannot accept? Zuisei explores the possibility of seeing things as they are, learning to work with this truth instead of against it, and basing this work on the realization of our interbeing.

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Opening into Reality

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2021/01/08

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00:23:18

On Mindfulness • Interview

Ocean Mind Sangha ·

2019/07/17

The term mindfulness is ubiquitous these days. But its origins can be traced back to the teachings of the Buddha, whose main practice was anapanasati, “mindfulness of breathing.” In this interview, Zuisei Godddard discusses some of the misunderstandings of mindfulness, as well as its true potential to help us cultivate awareness, wisdom, and compassion.

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On Mindfulness • Interview

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2019/07/17

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00:32:45

Not Leaving the Monastery

Ocean Mind Sangha ·

2018/12/30

“What I saw or heard or felt came not but from myself—and there I found myself more truly and more strange.” —Wallace Stevens Zuisei Sensei speaks from the heart about her own spiritual journey and her ongoing commitment to practice as she steps further into lay life.

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Not Leaving the Monastery

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2018/12/30

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00:44:16

Pilgrimage

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2018/10/26

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Pilgrimage

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2018/10/26

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00:39:21

Daring to Ask

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2018/10/14

We have to be willing to take a risk in order to see clearly. In this talk on case 31 of the Gateless Gate: Zhaozhou Saw Through the Old Woman, Zuisei speaks of the spiritual life as a perilous journey. “Every time we ask,” she says, “we expose ourselves. But when we don’t ask, we also expose ourselves. So we might as well take a risk—be wild and daring—and see what comes of it.”

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00:39:21

Daring to Ask

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2018/10/14

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00:19:19

Sacred Space

Ocean Mind Sangha ·

2018/10/13

For this Fusatsu (Renewal of Vows ceremony) Zuisei speaks of sacred space as the ground in which atonement and vow become possible. It is, to borrow Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel’s words, “A sanctuary in time”—a place and period which is both distinct from and equal to the everyday. A space full of possibility. Correction: The opening quote, attributed to Charles Chu, is actually by Margaret Gibson.

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Sacred Space

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2018/10/13

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00:37:05

Ancestors (with Hojin Sensei)

Ocean Mind Sangha ·

2018/09/16

We are never practicing alone—not in the darkest pit of hell, not in the brightest state of bliss. When we know this, the natural response is to bring forth our buddha ancestors and look at them in veneration. We formally bow and meet them, which is none other than meeting ourselves. Zuisei and Hojin Sensei speak about the importance of honoring and connecting to our ancestors in spiritual practice. This talk was given at Zen Mountain Monastery’s Annual Women’s Sesshin, Wild Grasses.

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