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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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The Third Bodhisattva Vow

Ocean Mind Sangha ·

2016/07/24

This talk explores the third Bodhisattva Vow: The dharmas are boundless; I vow to master them. To vow to master the dharmas is to undertake the commitment to studying the Way for our whole lives— understanding that despite the fact that we can never learn it all, it is our obligation to try. “I vow to be rent open, my heart laid bare. I vow to stand defenseless, yet awake in the face of reality. I vow to truly not know, that I may know ever more deeply. I vow to regard you, and when I can’t to

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00:43:22

The Second Bodhisattva Vow

Ocean Mind Sangha ·

2016/06/19

This talk explores the second Bodhisattva Vow: Desires are inexhaustible, I vow to put an end to them. Zuisei explains that this vow is not about suppressing what is pleasurable; rather, it asks us to look at how we cling to our desires and in turn create suffering for ourselves and others. This vow calls us to let go of conditioning that makes us feel separate, and instead to focus on our shared humanity so we can work toward building a just and equitable world.

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00:43:22

The Second Bodhisattva Vow

Ocean Mind Sangha ·

2016/06/19

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The First Bodhisattva Vow

Ocean Mind Sangha ·

2016/06/04

This talk explores the first Bodhisattva Vow: Beings are numberless; I vow to save them. What does it mean to save another being? What does it mean to relieve someone else’s suffering? As Zuisei explains, “… a bodhisattva enables others to be released from suffering by releasing his or her own suffering. By recognizing another’s pain as my own pain…by trusting that the best medicine is to turn to another and ask, ‘How can I help you?’”

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00:35:53

The First Bodhisattva Vow

Ocean Mind Sangha ·

2016/06/04

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00:37:34

The Four Bodhisattva Vows

Ocean Mind Sangha ·

2016/03/27

No one is free until everyone is free. To take the Bodhisattva Vows is to commit fully to liberating all beings—despite of the insurmountability of the notion of ending all suffering. In this introductory talk to a series exploring the Four Bodhisattva Vows, Zuisei explains why commitment to the path of a Bodhisattva is essential— why we cannot give up, even in a world with so much suffering and oppression. “To save the environment and this planet? Impossible. To establish racial, gender,

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00:37:34

The Four Bodhisattva Vows

Ocean Mind Sangha ·

2016/03/27

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00:36:43

Giving Paramita

Ocean Mind Sangha ·

2016/03/13

Giving or dana paramita invites us to move outside of our conditioning, which primes us toward scarcity and individualism, and into an understanding that we are actually living in the midst of abundance. That’s why dana paramita is the first of the perfections— it is something that all of us can do, and the gift we offer touches not only others, but also ourselves.

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Giving Paramita

Ocean Mind Sangha ·

2016/03/13

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00:38:04

Truthfulness Paramita

Ocean Mind Sangha ·

2016/02/28

“Who will teach me how to live?” a student asks in Annie Dillard’s The Writing Life.In this talk, Zuisei speaks on the seventh paramita—truthfulness—and its critical place on the path to cultivating freedom for ourselves and for all beings.Only each one of us can learn from our own expression, our own actions, skillful or not. But because every time we set down a mark, take an action, we affect the whole world, we’re actually saying that teaching ourselves how to live is the same as everything—every

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00:38:04

Truthfulness Paramita

Ocean Mind Sangha ·

2016/02/28

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00:32:28

Lovingkindness Paramita

Ocean Mind Sangha ·

2016/01/31

Lovingkindness, one of the Four Imeasurables, is also the ninth of the ten paramis or paramitas (perfections). In this talk Zuisei speaks of the hunger we all have for love and warmth, for the touch, the regard, of another human being. We are hungry to belong and to know ourselves as part of a whole. Lovingkindness for ourselves can teach us that we have never been apart, never been broken. That is why we’re able to offer immeasurable love to ourselves and others.

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Lovingkindness Paramita

Ocean Mind Sangha ·

2016/01/31

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00:30:55

Equanimity Paramita

Ocean Mind Sangha ·

2016/01/18

To cultivate equanimity is to cultivate a stable quality of mind that is not swayed by externalities— it is strong, peaceful, and easeful in every moment. In this talk, Zuisei says: “It’s not unfeeling, it’s not uncaring, it’s not cold or distant or even protected. It is unshakeable. It is a mind free of suffering.”This talk is part of a series of talks on the Ten Paramitas.

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Equanimity Paramita

Ocean Mind Sangha ·

2016/01/17

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The Five Remembrances

Ocean Mind Sangha ·

2016/01/10

How often do we contemplate the inevitability of our own mortality? The Buddha taught that as humans, we are of the nature to grow old, to get sick, to die, to become separated from all things dear to us, and that our actions are our only true belongings. These teachings, called the Five Remembrances, point directly to the fragile and impermanent nature of life. As Zuisei says in this talk on the Five Remembrances: “This is not a pessimistic teaching. It’s not meant to bring you down— quite the

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The Five Remembrances

Ocean Mind Sangha ·

2016/01/10

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00:33:40

Determination Paramita

Ocean Mind Sangha ·

2016/01/09

In the eighth talk in this series of ten talks on the paramitas or perfections, Zuisei speaks on determination as “the unshakeable resolve to do whatever benefits others.” Determination helps us to keep moving forward and keep discovering what there is to uncover along this path. It is a fierce commitment to realizing our potential and awakening, despite all hardship and possible resistance.

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Determination Paramita

Ocean Mind Sangha ·

2016/01/09

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00:40:11

Wisdom Paramita

Ocean Mind Sangha ·

2015/12/30

In this last talk in the series of ten talks on the paramitas or perfections, Zuisei speaks on prajna paramita, also known as the perfection of wisdom, and the Mother of all Buddhas.Zuisei says, “[With wisdom] we can practice more skillfully, more effectively. We see that in this construct of the self, there are no rafters, no ridge pole, no house builder. If every time we pull a brick or two and when the house begins to wobble, we rush in to build it back up, then it becomes impossible to see. So

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