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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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00:39:34

The Power of Zazen

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2017/09/10

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00:37:32

Silence

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2017/08/14

Zuisei speaks of silence as the way of wonder, humility, and reverence; of noble silence as the unification of awareness. Drawing on stories and poems, she highlights the importance of silence in our increasingly noisy and harried world.

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00:37:32

Silence

Ocean Mind Sangha ·

2017/08/14

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00:36:15

Cultivating Wisdom

Ocean Mind Sangha ·

2017/07/28

In the eighth talk in a series on the Eight Awarenesses of Enlightened Beings, Zuisei speaks on the seventh awareness: cultivating wisdom. Wisdom is the highest state we can obtain on the path—a complete integration of presence, compassion, and equanimity. It is understanding that all things—all things without exception—are impermanent, unsatisfactory, and devoid of self-nature. But this is not a problem. Wisdom is accepting, and therefore finding freedom in the fact that this is how things

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Cultivating Wisdom

Ocean Mind Sangha ·

2017/07/28

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00:37:33

Avoiding Idle Talk

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2017/07/16

In the seventh talk in a series on the Eight Awarenesses of Enlightened Beings, Zuisei speaks on the eighth awareness: avoiding idle talk (she changed the order of the talks in order to end with wisdom). Master Dogen said, “To totally know the true form of all things is the same as being without idle talk.” In that complete knowing, there is no room, no opportunity, for idle talk. Knowing the true form of a thing, there is no one to speak about it idly, or to speak about it at all. Words cannot

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00:37:33

Avoiding Idle Talk

Ocean Mind Sangha ·

2017/07/16

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00:59:38

Not Forgetting Right Thought

Ocean Mind Sangha ·

2017/07/09

In this mondo or question-and-answer session, Zuisei Sensei speaks on the Fifth Awareness of Enlightened Beings: not forgetting right thought. To not forget right thought is to protect and maintain the dharma and abide in the Three Treasures. And by extension, this “not forgetting” can be understood as remembering. As Zuisei explains: “Not forgetting right thought is remembering: This is not mine, I am not this, this is not myself. This— whatever this is—is not apart from me. It is not a thing,

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00:59:38

Not Forgetting Right Thought

Ocean Mind Sangha ·

2017/07/09

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00:44:01

Practicing Samadhi

Ocean Mind Sangha ·

2017/07/08

In the fifth talk in a series on the Eight Awarenesses of Enlightened Beings, Zuisei speaks on the sixth awareness: practicing Samadhi. Samadhi, also understood as single-pointed focus, is an access point of profound awareness. With intent presence, we are able to see the arising and passing of all phenomena. Samadhi is the state in which subject and object merge. We become the breath, the koan, awareness itself.

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Practicing Samadhi

Ocean Mind Sangha ·

2017/07/08

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00:34:29

Exerting Meticulous Effort

Ocean Mind Sangha ·

2017/06/23

In the fourth talk in a series on the Eight Awarenesses of Enlightened Beings, Zuisei speaks on the fourth awareness: exerting meticulous effort. Rather than over-exertion, this awareness calls us to place thoughtful intent upon what and how we practice, and it asks us that we dedicate ourselves fully to this effort. The more intent and dedication we put forth, the easier it is to abide in a space of freedom.

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00:34:29

Exerting Meticulous Effort

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2017/06/23

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00:32:59

Enjoying Serenity and Tranquility

Ocean Mind Sangha ·

2017/04/30

In the third talk in a series on the Eight Awarenesses of Enlightened Beings, Zuisei speaks on the third awareness: enjoying serenity and tranquility. Serenity, or equanimity, is a quality that the Buddha spoke of frequently. As a state of mind that fosters non-attachment, equanimity gives us the ability to be grounded, stable, and capable of holding the totality of our experience, whatever that is. Being equanimous doesn’t mean not feeling or not caring. On the contrary, it encourages us to care

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00:32:59

Enjoying Serenity and Tranquility

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2017/04/30

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00:38:44

Knowing How to Be Satisfied

Ocean Mind Sangha ·

2017/04/26

In this second talk in a series on the Eight Awarenesses of Enlightened Beings, Zuisei speaks on the second awareness: knowing how to be satisfied. In a Western culture that seems obsessed with excess and consumption, it can be a struggle to know when we are truly satisfied. Yet when we practice and take a closer look at our minds and hearts, we may find that we already have all that we need.

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Knowing How to Be Satisfied

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2017/04/26

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00:37:56

Having Few Desires

Ocean Mind Sangha ·

2017/03/19

In this first talk in a series on the Eight Awarenesses of Enlightened Beings, Zuisei speaks on the first awareness: having few desires. The Buddha did not say have no desires. As humans, desire will occur—and discerning when it is skillful and unskillful is the practice. We don’t vow every day to put an end to desires because desires are bad. We’re vowing to put an end to that which gets in the way of living our lives fully. Because doing this is the most natural way to live a human life.

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00:37:56

Having Few Desires

Ocean Mind Sangha ·

2017/03/19

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00:42:55

The Eight Awarenesses of Enlightened Beings

Ocean Mind Sangha ·

2017/03/19

In this introductory talk to a series of eight talks on the Eight Awarenesses of Enlightened Beings, Zuisei calls forth the need to investigate this last teaching of the Buddha, according to Mahayana Buddhism. Through studying the qualities of an enlightened being, we are able to sense the possibility of liberation that is available to us all. “These sutras are describing in a very vivid way , the most vivid way, the universe inside,” Zuisei Sensei says. “They speak of that place where there is no

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