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Seeing Perfection: Not Speaking of Others

Seeing perfection as an entry point into the ethical teachings of the Buddha.

Dharma Talk - Zuisei GoddardZuisei GoddardOctober 4, 2023precepts, ten grave precepts, Dogen, Nancy Mujo Baker Roshi, Opening to Oneness, book, buddhist study, right speech, interbeing, s5

Oryoki (The Wild, Insistent Hunger) • Zazenkai Talk

Zen monasteries around the world practice oryoki, the meal ceremony that highlights that eating is a sacred act— one that puts us in touch, not just with physical hunger, but with our deeper aspiration to awaken.

Dharma Talk - Zuisei GoddardZuisei GoddardDecember 17, 2022M.F.K. Fisher, food, mindful eating, sutra, Mahabuddhavamsa sutra, liturgy, Meal Gatha, takuhatsu, Dogen, Eihei Shingi, zazenkai, all-day sit, s5

What I Speak about when I Speak about Love

Zuisei shares just how the practice of love is the heart, the path, and the realization of the Buddhist teachings.

Dharma Talk - Zuisei GoddardZuisei GoddardNovember 18, 2022Daido Loori Roshi, poetry, Vimalakirti Sutra, Dogen, Arthur Brooks, Happiness, Matthew Olzmann, Mountain Dew, Kyojukaimon, Cloud of Unknowing, S4

The Love Between Parent and Child

This talk on a koan about the love between parent and child (teacher and student), lays bare the uniqueness of this relationship and the unconditional trust and love that it’s based on—a love grounded in the aspiration for liberation, for awakening…

Dharma Talk - Zuisei GoddardZuisei GoddardOctober 27, 2021Dongshan's Five Ranks, True Dharma Eye, Shobogenzo, Daido Loori Roshi, Shugen Roshi, Parent, Child, Caoshan, Dogen, Dogen's Three Hundred Koans, teacher-student relationship, S4

Eight Realizations of Great Beings (II): Desires

Dive into the very human experience of desire within the container of Zen Master Dogen’s teachings, the Tibetan Buddhist Lojong slogans and more…

Dharma Talk - Zuisei GoddardZuisei GoddardMay 12, 2021Eight Realizations of Great Beings, poem, Dogen, sensual, David Abrams, Spell of Sensuous, Lojong, Atisha, Rita Dove, S3

The World Belongs to Those Who Love It

The world is on fire. What do each of us have to offer to meet that fire? Reflecting on the teachings of Dogen’s Mountains and River Sutra…

Dharma Talk - Zuisei GoddardZuisei GoddardFebruary 24, 2021Mountains and Rivers Sutra, Black and Buddhist, Daido Loori Roshi, Dogen, Thich Nhat Hanh, Jarvis Masters, S3

Great Doubt: The Three Essentials of Zen

Great Doubt is neither cynicism nor pessimism, but rather a deep commitment to the ongoing investigation of a human life…

Dharma Talk - Zuisei GoddardZuisei GoddardJuly 15, 2018Zen Mountain MonasteryDogen, Three Essentials of Zen, Great Doubt, Margaret Gibson, Rilke, Spanish Trilogy (II), Sharon Salzberg, Rev angel Kyodo williams, S2

Studying The Way with the Body

Dharma Talk - Zuisei GoddardZuisei GoddardApril 27, 2018Zen Mountain MonasteryDogen, The Time Being, Master Dogen, Marcus Aurelius, Five Aggregates, Studying the Way Through the Body, Shobogenzo, S2

Cultivating Wisdom

Dharma Talk - Zuisei GoddardZuisei GoddardJuly 28, 2017Zen Mountain MonasteryEight Awarenesses of Enlightened Beings, Dogen, Thich Nhat Hanh, Discourse on the Eight Realizations of the Great Beings, The Waking, Theodore Roethke, Visuddhimagga, cultivating wisdom, S2

Avoiding Idle Talk

Dharma Talk - Zuisei GoddardZuisei GoddardJuly 16, 2017Zen Mountain MonasteryEight Awarenesses of Enlightened Beings, Dogen, Thich Nhat Hanh, Discourse on the Eight Realizations of the Great Beings, Zhaozhou's Cypress Tree, Guide to Dakini Land, Vajrayogini, Sengcan, idle talk, S2

Not Forgetting Right Thought

Mondo Q & AZuisei GoddardJuly 9, 2017Zen Center of New York City Eight Awarenesses of Enlightened Beings, Dogen, Discourse on the Eight Realizations of the Great Beings, Bernie Glassman, Taizan Maezumi, The Three Treasures, right thought, right view, S2

Practicing Samadhi

Dharma Talk - Zuisei GoddardZuisei GoddardJuly 8, 2017Zen Center of New York City Eight Awarenesses of Enlightened Beings, Dogen, Discourse on the Eight Realizations of the Great Beings, Bernie Glassman, Taizan Maezumi, Essentials of Mahamudra, Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche, Flora Courtois, single-pointedness, samadhi, S2

Exerting Meticulous Effort

Dharma Talk - Zuisei GoddardZuisei GoddardJune 23, 2017Zen Mountain MonasteryEight Awarenesses of Enlightened Beings, Dogen, Thich Nhat Hanh, Discourse on the Eight Realizations of the Great Beings, four immeasurables, Three factors of consciousness, Effort, Mahaparinirvana Sutra, Joe Simpson, S2

Enjoying Serenity and Tranquility

Dharma Talk - Zuisei GoddardZuisei GoddardApril 30, 2017Zen Center of New York City Eight Awarenesses of Enlightened Beings, Dogen, Thich Nhat Hanh, Discourse on the Eight Realizations of the Great Beings, four immeasurables, Ten paramitas, Three factors of consciousness, Serenity, Tranquility, Equanimity, Upaddha Sutta, S2

Knowing How to Be Satisfied

Dharma Talk - Zuisei GoddardZuisei GoddardApril 26, 2017Zen Mountain MonasteryEight Awarenesses of Enlightened Beings, Dogen, Thich Nhat Hanh, Nirvana Sutra, Eight Means to Enlightenment, Discourse on the Eight Realizations of the Great Beings, Niramissa Sutta, Maezumi Roshi, Oryoki, Knowing how to be satisfied, S2

Having Few Desires

Dharma Talk - Zuisei GoddardZuisei GoddardMarch 19, 2017Zen Mountain MonasteryEight Awarenesses of Enlightened Beings, Dogen, Thich Nhat Hanh, Nirvana Sutra, Eight Means to Enlightenment, Discourse on the Eight Realizations of the Great Beings, Frank R. Stockton, having few desires, The Lady and the Tiger, Jean Follain, S2

The Eight Awarenesses of Enlightened Beings

Dharma Talk - Zuisei GoddardZuisei GoddardMarch 19, 2017Zen Mountain MonasteryEight Awarenesses of Enlightened Beings, Dogen, Thich Nhat Hanh, Nirvana Sutra, Eight Means to Enlightenment, Discourse on the Eight Realizations of the Great Beings, Master Dogen, S2

Lovingkindness (Four Immeasurables)

Dharma Talk - Zuisei GoddardZuisei GoddardSeptember 23, 2016Zen Mountain Monasteryfour immeasurables, Shantideva, Khandro Rinpoche, Mountains and Rivers Sutra, Dogen, lovingkindness, S1

Right Speech

Dharma Talk - Zuisei GoddardZuisei GoddardJune 2, 2015Zen Mountain Monasteryright speech, Dogen, kind speech, Ernest Hemingway, Lotus Sutra, S1