Jukai ceremony at Ocean Mind Sangha. Listen and join in as OMS students formally commit to lives guided by the ethical teachings of Buddhism with their teacher Zuisei and the sangha
Read MoreIn Fusatsu, renewal of vows ceremony grounded in the moral and ethical teachings of Buddhism, we take refuge in the Three Treasures. Not to seek shelter from the world, nor to measure it in
Read MoreA talk on the power of taking refuge and giving generously—one of the virtues of practicing in community and being one another’s support.
Read MoreSimplicity is a quality of being—a type of generosity (the Eight Grave Precept). A powerful tool, simplicity is a way for us to wake up to reality as it is.
Read MoreSeeing the perfection in others (the Sixth Grave Precept) as an entry point into the ethical teachings of the Buddha.
Read MoreThe Ocean Mind Sangha’s second Jukai ceremony. Listen and join in as sangha members formally commit to lives guided by the ethical teachings of Buddhism with their teacher Zuisei Goddard and the sangha.
Read MoreThe Ocean Mind Sangha’s first Jukai ceremony—listen to and join in as Brian Pontolilo formally commits to a life guided by the ethical teachings of Buddhism with his teacher Zuisei, and the sangha.
Read MoreUnderstanding what it is that we take refuge in.
Read MoreTraditionally understood as the cultivation of moral conduct through the practice of the precepts, virtue paramita is also predicated on a total, wholehearted
Read MoreWhat does it mean to take refuge really in the Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha? Not in the abstract, the Three Treasures
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