Dharma Talks by Vanessa Zuisei Goddard

When No Thing Works: Five Stages of Dharma Practice

Five stages to apply to all formal dharma practice, and also to all living.

Dharma Study, Dharma Talk - Zuisei GoddardZuisei GoddardFebruary 5, 2025S6, Ursula K. Le Guin, Vinaya, Norma Wong Roshi, koan, Five Stages, gatha

Unstoppable

Looking towards restorative justice and koan practice to understand what it means to be fully present and open to all the circumstances of our lives, no matter how challenging…

Dharma Talk - Zuisei GoddardZuisei GoddardJanuary 12, 2022koan, Dongshan, Dongshan's No Cold or Heat, Blue Cliff Record, Ursula K. Le Guin, Things, Eisik Ben Yekl, zazen, meditation, consistency, Lisel Mueller, In Passing, Zazen Streak, commitment, Zoom, Daily Zazen, S4

Opening into Reality

How do we reconcile accepting the things we cannot change with changing the things we cannot accept? Explore the possibility of seeing things as they are…

Dharma Talk - Zuisei GoddardZuisei GoddardJanuary 7, 2021Vanessa Zuisei GoddardUrsula K. Le Guin, meditation, interbeing, clarity, S3

Waking

Dharma Talk - Zuisei GoddardZuisei GoddardOctober 15, 2017Zen Mountain MonasteryYogachara school, conciousness, Ursula K. Le Guin, Wislawa Szymborska, Zhuangzi, S2

Human Action

Dharma Talk - Zuisei GoddardZuisei GoddardJanuary 24, 2017Zen Mountain MonasteryMaster Dogen, Women's March on Washington, Martin Luther King Jr, The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas, Ursula K. Le Guin, Genjokoan, environmental action, social action, political action, human action, S2