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

You Can’t Be Yourself by Yourself

Without you, I cannot be me. Then who am I, fundamentally? Zuisei reflects on identity and interdependence, showing how none of us can “be ourselves by ourselves”—none of us exist independently of one another. How do we help each other be who we are, fully?

Dharma Talk - Zuisei GoddardZuisei GoddardSeptember 29, 2021Kafka, metamorphosis, Thich Nhat Hanh, Brunelleschi, Manetto, interbeing, Among The Multitudes, Wislawa Szymborska, identity, the self, generation z, generation alpha, gender fluid, S4

Devotion

It’s never been more important to cultivate an attitude of care and reverence for this world and for one another. How can we use the teachings and our practice to remind us of the sacredness inherent in all things?

Dharma Talk - Zuisei GoddardZuisei GoddardAugust 22, 2021devotion, sesshin, interbeing, reverence, sacredness, sacred space, sacred, 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

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