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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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Working with Loneliness

Ocean Mind Sangha ·

2022/06/19

There is a real medicine for loneliness. Reaching in all the ways we do to assuage it only touches its surface. How can we truly root out the hunger that keeps our phones in our hand and our gaze outward? Zuisei teaches how the heart of Zen, a practice of being completely and intimately alone, is the most powerful way to face the heart of loneliness, and to shed the ignorance that sustains it.

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22:55

Working with Loneliness

Ocean Mind Sangha ·

2022/06/19

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34:51

Mu: The Ungraspable

Ocean Mind Sangha ·

2022/06/11

Zen training can prepare us to move skillfully through times of apparent isolation and disconnection that we may encounter in our day to day. This talk is a deep dive into one aspect of training that addresses just this—koan study—in which the teacher presents a case and asks a question. Answering requires entering into and vowing to stay with the question and the world it entails, as ungraspable as it is. Being fully immersed, we see clearly. Disconnection is not an option. Zuisei suggests that

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34:51

Mu: The Ungraspable

Ocean Mind Sangha ·

2022/06/11

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55:50

Sacred Food

Ocean Mind Sangha ·

2022/05/17

Could your next meal be a celebration of the sacred, no matter where or with whom? This mondo on mindful eating dives into the many ways we relate to food in light of Buddhist practice, from eating disorders and the art of parenting, to dinner parties and dining alone.

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Sacred Food

Ocean Mind Sangha ·

2022/05/17

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1:02:36

Study Session 5: Opening the Hand of Thought

Ocean Mind Sangha ·

2022/05/04

In this study session, Zuisei and the sangha relate their daily lives and practice to 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.

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Study Session 5: Opening the Hand of Thought

Ocean Mind Sangha ·

2022/05/04

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Index of Talks

Ocean Mind Sangha ·

2022/04/05

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1:00:01

The Preciousness of Human Life with Karma Yeshe and...

Ocean Mind Sangha ·

2022/03/31

Join Zuisei and the sangha in conversation with Lama Karma Yeshe Chödrön and Karma Zopa Jigme. Yeshe and Zopa are Western teachers in the Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism who describe their mission as empowering practitoners to engage spiritual practice with integrity , creativity, and joy, by making available the authentic teachings of the Kagyu lineage to all who seek to eradicate suffering and cultivate happiness to its fullest potential, individually and collectively, whether Buddhist

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The Preciousness of Human Life: A conversation with...

Ocean Mind Sangha ·

2022/03/31

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34:14

Liberation Within

Ocean Mind Sangha ·

2022/03/20

Where you are and what you are doing is exactly right—even when it’s a struggle. In this talk Zuisei reminds us that the focus of Buddhist practice is not liberation from anything but liberation within everything, and that when practicing with this intention, there are no obstacles in our path.

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Liberation Within

Ocean Mind Sangha ·

2022/03/20

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49:02

Stand on Your Own Two Feet

Ocean Mind Sangha ·

2022/03/17

Take a look into how our sense of self gets in the way of our lives and catch a glimpse of what remains once we let go…

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49:02

Stand on Your Own Two Feet

Ocean Mind Sangha ·

2022/03/17

Take a look into how our sense of self gets in the way of our lives and catch a glimpse of what remains once we let go…

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44:32

Loving What Is Rightfully Ours

Ocean Mind Sangha ·

2022/02/17

According to the poet David Whyte, there is a faith in loving fiercely the one who is rightfully yours. What if the one who is rightfully yours is you?

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44:32

Loving What Is Rightfully Ours

Ocean Mind Sangha ·

2022/02/17

According to the poet David Whyte, there is a faith in loving fiercely the one who is rightfully yours. What if the one who is rightfully yours is you?

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35:34

Creating the World

Ocean Mind Sangha ·

2022/02/10

Discover what it means to create this world and how we might face it and ourselves in spaciousness and love…

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35:34

Creating the World

Ocean Mind Sangha ·

2022/02/10

Discover what it means to create this world and how we might face it and ourselves in spaciousness and love…

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42:42

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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