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Dharma Talks by Vanessa Zuisei Goddard

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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…

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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?

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Eight Realizations of Great Beings (VIII): Burning

The center of the eighth realization—the awareness that the fire of birth and death is raging, causing endless suffering everywhere. Even in difficult moments there is a soft spaciousness, perfect and complete, where we are whole and things are as they are…

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Eight Realizations of Great Beings (IV): Find Your Enthusiasm

When your enthusiasm for practice slows or seems to come to a halt, what can you do to spark it up again? If you’re unable to practice in a formal way, does it “still count” as practice? In this threaded talk…

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