Dharma Talks by Vanessa Zuisei Goddard

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

Avoiding Idle Talk

Dharma Talk - Zuisei GoddardZuisei GoddardJuly 16, 2017Zen Mountain MonasteryEight Awarenesses of Enlightened Beings, Dogen, Thich Nhat Hanh, Discourse on the Eight Realizations of the Great Beings, Zhaozhou's Cypress Tree, Guide to Dakini Land, Vajrayogini, Sengcan, idle talk, S2

Not Forgetting Right Thought

Mondo Q & AZuisei GoddardJuly 9, 2017Zen Center of New York City Eight Awarenesses of Enlightened Beings, Dogen, Discourse on the Eight Realizations of the Great Beings, Bernie Glassman, Taizan Maezumi, The Three Treasures, right thought, right view, S2

Practicing Samadhi

Dharma Talk - Zuisei GoddardZuisei GoddardJuly 8, 2017Zen Center of New York City Eight Awarenesses of Enlightened Beings, Dogen, Discourse on the Eight Realizations of the Great Beings, Bernie Glassman, Taizan Maezumi, Essentials of Mahamudra, Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche, Flora Courtois, single-pointedness, samadhi, S2

Exerting Meticulous Effort

Dharma Talk - Zuisei GoddardZuisei GoddardJune 23, 2017Zen Mountain MonasteryEight Awarenesses of Enlightened Beings, Dogen, Thich Nhat Hanh, Discourse on the Eight Realizations of the Great Beings, four immeasurables, Three factors of consciousness, Effort, Mahaparinirvana Sutra, Joe Simpson, S2

Enjoying Serenity and Tranquility

Dharma Talk - Zuisei GoddardZuisei GoddardApril 30, 2017Zen Center of New York City Eight Awarenesses of Enlightened Beings, Dogen, Thich Nhat Hanh, Discourse on the Eight Realizations of the Great Beings, four immeasurables, Ten paramitas, Three factors of consciousness, Serenity, Tranquility, Equanimity, Upaddha Sutta, S2

Knowing How to Be Satisfied

Dharma Talk - Zuisei GoddardZuisei GoddardApril 26, 2017Zen Mountain MonasteryEight Awarenesses of Enlightened Beings, Dogen, Thich Nhat Hanh, Nirvana Sutra, Eight Means to Enlightenment, Discourse on the Eight Realizations of the Great Beings, Niramissa Sutta, Maezumi Roshi, Oryoki, Knowing how to be satisfied, S2

Having Few Desires

Dharma Talk - Zuisei GoddardZuisei GoddardMarch 19, 2017Zen Mountain MonasteryEight Awarenesses of Enlightened Beings, Dogen, Thich Nhat Hanh, Nirvana Sutra, Eight Means to Enlightenment, Discourse on the Eight Realizations of the Great Beings, Frank R. Stockton, having few desires, The Lady and the Tiger, Jean Follain, S2

The Eight Awarenesses of Enlightened Beings

Dharma Talk - Zuisei GoddardZuisei GoddardMarch 19, 2017Zen Mountain MonasteryEight Awarenesses of Enlightened Beings, Dogen, Thich Nhat Hanh, Nirvana Sutra, Eight Means to Enlightenment, Discourse on the Eight Realizations of the Great Beings, Master Dogen, 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

The Way of Stillness and Silence

Dharma Talk - Zuisei GoddardZuisei GoddardJanuary 22, 2017Zen Mountain Monastery Zen, silence, Shurangama Samadhi Sutra, Heroic March Sutra, Dogen's Three Hundred Koans, Wendell Berry, S2