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Mind at Ease, Part 2

The way to put at end to suffering is to realize ourselves, but we cannot do it while caught in the storm of strong emotions. Recognizing and working with these storms, is much of what Buddhist practice is about…

Dharma Talk - Zuisei GoddardZuisei GoddardAugust 5, 2018Zen Temple of New York CityGateless Gate 41, Ease, Rev. angel Kyodo williams, five disturbing emotions, working with difficult emotions, attachment, pride, envy, anger, ignorance, S3

Mind at Ease, Part 1

Waking up to the state of our minds and the ongoing journey of cultivating ease and peace in the midst of all that life brings us…

Dharma Talk - Zuisei GoddardZuisei GoddardAugust 4, 2018Zen Center of New York CityGateless Gate 41, Siddhartha, Herman Hesse, Mary Sarton, Ease, monasticism, mind, S3

Great Determination: Three Essentials of Zen

Great Determination is not an obsessive nor heroic quality, but rather, it is our humble, steadfast commitment to waking up—through the good, bad, and mundane…

Dharma Talk - Zuisei GoddardZuisei GoddardJuly 28, 2018Zen Mountain MonasteryThree Essentials of Zen, Spanish Trilogy (I), Rilke, Prayer of Saint Patrick, Great Determination, S3

Great Doubt: The Three Essentials of Zen

Great Doubt is neither cynicism nor pessimism, but rather a deep commitment to the ongoing investigation of a human life…

Dharma Talk - Zuisei GoddardZuisei GoddardJuly 15, 2018Zen Mountain MonasteryDogen, Three Essentials of Zen, Great Doubt, Margaret Gibson, Rilke, Spanish Trilogy (II), Sharon Salzberg, Rev angel Kyodo williams, S2

Great Faith: Three Essentials of Zen

A look at the four stages of Great Faith and the role that they play in our commitment to the dharma…

Dharma Talk - Zuisei GoddardZuisei GoddardJune 23, 2018Zen Mountain MonasteryThree Essentials of Zen, Spanish Trilogy (I), Rilke, Foremost Faith Sutta, great faith, S2

Mind and Reality: Two Monks Roll Up the Blinds

Understanding the relationship between mind and reality.

Dharma Talk - Zuisei GoddardZuisei GoddardMay 25, 2018Zen Mountain MonasteryGateless Gate, Case 26, Vimalakirti Sutra, Octavio Paz, mind, power of mind, S2

Studying The Way with the Body

Dharma Talk - Zuisei GoddardZuisei GoddardApril 27, 2018Zen Mountain MonasteryDogen, The Time Being, Master Dogen, Marcus Aurelius, Five Aggregates, Studying the Way Through the Body, Shobogenzo, S2

Gateless Gate, Case 36: Meeting a Person of the Way

Clear, lucid, and no hindrance whatsoever;
Standing all by yourself, you do not rely on anything.

Dharma Talk - Zuisei GoddardZuisei GoddardApril 22, 2018Zen Mountain MonasteryGateless Gate, Patrul Rinpoche, Keeping Quiet, Pablo Neruda, Meeting a Person of the Way, silence, words, S2

After No Comes Yes

Dharma Talk - Zuisei GoddardZuisei GoddardMarch 30, 2018Zen Mountain MonasteryWallace Stevens, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, The Danger of a Single Story, Wislawa Szymborska, Studying the Way Through the Body, Master Dogen, Maharatnakuta Sutra, S2

Eight Conditions for Wisdom

Dharma Talk - Zuisei GoddardZuisei GoddardMarch 4, 2018Zen Temple of New York CityEight conditions for wisdom, Eightfold path, Galway Kinnell, Wisdom, S2

Free Will and Karma

Dharma Talk - Zuisei GoddardZuisei GoddardJanuary 27, 2018Zen Mountain MonasteryWalopla Rahula, Avatamsaka Sutra, Flower Garland Sutra, Ellen Langer, Free Will, Karma, S2

The Incalculable

Dharma Talk - Zuisei GoddardZuisei GoddardDecember 30, 2017Zen Mountain MonasteryAvatamsaka Sutra, Flower Garland Sutra, Elegance of the Hedgehog, Flora Courtois, Hildegard of Bingen, Master Dogen, The Book of Divine Works, S2

The Gift of Fearlessness

Dharma Talk - Zuisei GoddardZuisei GoddardDecember 17, 2017Zen Mountain MonasteryZen, silence, Bodhisattva's Four Methods of Guidance, Bodhicitta, Ta Nehisi Coates, Jo Harjo, Giving, S2

Placing Ourselves in Suchness, Part Two

Dharma Talk - Zuisei GoddardZuisei GoddardNovember 17, 2017Zen Center of New York CityJoy Harjo, Prajna Paramita, Yumen and Muzhou, consciousness, eight consciousnesses, Yogachara school, suchness, perception, running, S2

Placing Ourselves in Suchness, Part 1

Dharma Talk - Zuisei GoddardZuisei GoddardNovember 2, 2017Zen Center of New York CityJoy Harjo, Prajna Paramita, Yumen and Muzhou, consciousness, eight consciousnesses, Yogachara school, suchness, perception, Diane Van Deren, running, S2

Waking

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

The Call to Contemplation

Dharma Talk - Zuisei GoddardZuisei GoddardSeptember 29, 2017Zen Mountain MonasteryZen, silence, Prajna Paramita, mysticism, Cloud of Unknowing, Evelyn Underhill, Thomas Merton, S2

The Power of Zazen

Dharma Talk - Zuisei GoddardZuisei GoddardSeptember 10, 2017Zen Mountain MonasteryZen, silence, Perfection of wisdom, Rising out of hatred, Eli Saslow, Be Scofield, Dalai Lama, Thich Nhat Hanh, power of zazen, right action, mindfulness, Buddha, S, S2

Silence

Dharma Talk - Zuisei GoddardZuisei GoddardAugust 14, 2017Zen Mountain MonasteryS2Comment

Cultivating Wisdom

Dharma Talk - Zuisei GoddardZuisei GoddardJuly 28, 2017Zen Mountain MonasteryEight Awarenesses of Enlightened Beings, Dogen, Thich Nhat Hanh, Discourse on the Eight Realizations of the Great Beings, The Waking, Theodore Roethke, Visuddhimagga, cultivating wisdom, S2