Dharma Talks by Vanessa Zuisei Goddard

The Merit of Giving

A talk on the power of giving and of taking refuge in self and other.

Ocean mind SanghaAugust 7, 2024s5, giving, dana paramita, Master Dogen, Bodhisattva's Four Methods of Guidance, merit of giving

Not Leaving the Monastery

Zuisei speaks from the heart about her own spiritual journey and her ongoing commitment to practice as she steps further into lay life...

Ocean mind SanghaDecember 30, 2018Zen Mountain MonasteryMaster Dogen, S3

Studying The Way with the Body

Ocean mind SanghaApril 27, 2018Zen Mountain MonasteryDogen, Master Dogen, Marcus Aurelius, Studying the Way Through the Body, Shobogenzo, S2

After No Comes Yes

What is the thing that we can rely on? We turn to pleasure, to status, to power, to a relationship, to a job that will give us security, but this

Ocean mind SanghaMarch 30, 2018Zen Mountain MonasteryStudying the Way Through the Body, Master Dogen, S2

The Incalculable

Ocean mind SanghaDecember 30, 2017Zen Mountain MonasteryFlower Garland Sutra, Master Dogen, S2

The Eight Awarenesses of Enlightened Beings

Ocean mind SanghaMarch 19, 2017Zen Mountain MonasteryEight Awarenesses of Enlightened Beings, Dogen, Nirvana Sutra, Eight Means to Enlightenment, Discourse on the Eight Realizations of the Great Beings, Master Dogen, S2

Human Action

Ocean mind SanghaJanuary 24, 2017Zen Mountain MonasteryMaster Dogen, Martin Luther King Jr, Ursula K. Le Guin, Genjokoan, environmental action, social action, political action, human action, S2