Ocean Mind Sangha: Guiding Teacher Vanessa Zuisei Goddard
Welcome to the
Ocean Mind Sangha
We’re so glad you’re here. Ocean Mind Sangha is a virtual community of practitioners led by Zuisei Goddard and dedicated to their personal and collective liberation through the study of the Buddhist teachings and the practice of zazen (Zen meditation).
Please join us online on a Wednesday evening for zazen and a dharma talk or study, and if you’re new, for Beginning Instruction in meditation. Log in on a Saturday Morning to dive into a Buddhist teaching with a dharma talk and Q&A, sit zazen, and have the opportunity for a short private meeting with Zuisei (daisan). Or reach out to Zuisei if you’re interested in exploring her ongoing work with students.
For more information about meditation and Zen Buddhism, visit our Teachings pages. We look forward to practicing with you.
Banner photo by Frank McKenna.
Practice Groups, Meditation Retreats, and More
Online at Ocean Mind Sangha
Check below for ongoing zazen (Zen meditation) groups, upcoming dharma talks, Buddhist Study classes, and retreats.
All OMS events focus on integrating spiritual practice into daily life, and almost all are offered online.
Ongoing Zazen & Practice Groups Online
Upcoming Retreats & Classes
Half-day retreat devoted to silent meditation (zazen). The morning includes optional private teaching with Zuisei.
Join Zuisei and sangha for this day-long Zazenkai and class on the Paramitas. Everyone is welcome. Required for jukai students and all interested in taking the precepts.
Join us as we begin the year by remaking and restating our vows to live wise, kind, awake lives. The evening includes zazen and a dharma talk by Zuisei. All are welcome.
Half-day retreat devoted to silent meditation (zazen). The morning includes optional private teaching with Zuisei.
Half-day retreat devoted to silent meditation (zazen). The morning includes optional private teaching with Zuisei.
Half-day retreat devoted to silent meditation (zazen). The morning includes optional private teaching with Zuisei.
Join Zuisei and sangha this Saturday morning for a class on the Buddhist precepts. Learn how to live the life of a bodhisattva. Everyone is welcome, required for jukkai students.
Join Zuisei and sangha for this 3-part study of the Genjōkōan. Recordings of all classes are included. Everyone is welcome, required for ango participants.
Half-day retreat devoted to silent meditation (zazen). The morning includes optional private teaching with Zuisei.
Join Zuisei and sangha for this 3-part study of the Genjōkōan. Recordings of all classes are included. Everyone is welcome, required for ango participants.
Join Zuisei and sangha for this 3-part study of the Genjōkōan. Recordings of all classes are included. Everyone is welcome, required for ango participants.
Half-day retreat devoted to silent meditation (zazen). The morning includes optional private teaching with Zuisei.
Half-day retreat devoted to silent meditation (zazen). The morning includes optional private teaching with Zuisei.
Join us as we begin the year by remaking and restating our vows to live wise, kind, awake lives. The evening includes zazen and a dharma talk by Zuisei. All are welcome.
Half-day retreat devoted to silent meditation (zazen). The morning includes optional private teaching with Zuisei.
Ocean Mind Sangha is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit religious organization.