The trouble of suffering always emerges from ignorance. But ignorance of what exactly?
Read MoreWhen things happen that we cannot control, we can always choose how to respond. This is the path to liberation.
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How we create our own karma.
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A talk on the kind of faith needed to practice Zen
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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.
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A teaching on the eight worldly winds: all the ways we chase and run away and the antidotes to this endless cycle.
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What happens when we turn the mind around to look at itself?
Read MoreHow to make practice intimate and personal, from intention to dedication, one precious and perfect whole.
Read MoreThe contemplative life as a gate to liberation
Read MoreThe power of karma to affect both our past and present actions
Read MoreHow do we realize and express the next buddha as sangha? How do we help each other wake up?
Read MoreHow to take responsibility for our harmful actions, consistently and with compassion.
Read MoreA talk on taking refuge and the I as the maker of measurement.
Read MoreBased on OMS’s study of Illumination: A Guide to the Buddhist Method of No-Method by Rebecca Li, Zuisei traces the origins of “just sitting”
Read MoreFive stages to apply to formal dharma practice and to all living
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Why must we counter today’s tendency towards isolation? Zuisei sheds light on a way back to ourselves and each other
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A talk on the joy of growing into who you’ve alway been—awe, terror and a kind of ignorance included.
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Clear beginner’s instruction for shikantaza, guidance on how to work with obstacles specific to it, and the inspiration to just dive in
Read MoreA talk on what it takes to feel truly fulfilled in this life
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