How to Be a Noble Friend

What makes a good friend according to the Buddhist teachings? Because we need good friends along the spiritual path, the Buddha offered clear guidance on what is needed to see and to be that friend for others.

Dharma Talk - Zuisei GoddardZuisei GoddardAugust 10, 2022S4, Mitta Sutta, Naga Sutta, Pali Canon, perfection of wisdom, suffering, Shugen Roshi, Evening Gatha

Working with Loneliness

Zuisei offers the most powerful way to face the heart of loneliness and to shed the ignorance that sustains it.

Dharma Talk - Zuisei GoddardZuisei GoddardJune 19, 2022S4, Shugen Roshi, sesshin, Bog Girl, Karen Russell, Mummies of Guanajuato, Mexico, loneliness, zazen, Galway Kinnell, Saint Francis and the SowComment

Mu: The Ungraspable

Take a deep dive into another aspect of Zen training that prepares us to be present in our lives—koan study. This talk draws on Zen Master Dogen’s Case 114, Zhaozhou’s Dog: Does a dog have Buddha Nature?

Dharma Talk - Zuisei GoddardZuisei GoddardJune 11, 2022S4, Shugen Roshi, Gateless Gate, koan, Nirvana Sutra, Buddha Nature, fairy tale, 300 Koan Shobogenzo, Daido Loori Roshi

Liberation Within

Where we are and what we are doing is exactly right—even when it’s a struggle…

Dharma Talk - Zuisei GoddardZuisei GoddardMarch 20, 2022S4, sesshin, liberation, zazen, koans, koan, National Teacher, Shugen Roshi, inquiry, samara is nirvana, anuttarā samyak sambodhi

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

Dharma Talks by Vanessa Zuisei Goddard