Restlessness and worry roil the mind like the wind roils water, robbing it of its calm. The antidote? Mindfulness.
Read MoreA live, spontaneous engagement of the dharma between teacher and students
Read MoreWhen we’re at peace within ourselves, unshakeable determination flourishes.
Read MoreSimplicity is a quality of being—a type of generosity (the Eight Grave Precept). A powerful tool, simplicity is a way for us to wake up to reality as it is.
Read MoreUsing gratitude and mindfulness of breathing to work with conflict.
Read MoreSeeing the perfection in others (the Sixth Grave Precept) as an entry point into the ethical teachings of the Buddha.
Read MoreWhen we see clearly, we reveal the sacredness of the world we inhabit, and we see what is needed. A practical, sustainable, and awe-inspired Buddhist approach to climate change.
Read MoreHow does emptiness become love embodied? Taking a close look at the Heart Sutra
Read MoreListen to the Ango Opening Ceremony at Ocean Mind Sangha. An open heart welcomes the painful and often unexpected, with curiosity and love. Luckily, there are many practices available to guide us on this path.
Read MoreThe Ocean Mind Sangha’s second Jukai ceremony. Listen and join in as sangha members formally commit to lives guided by the ethical teachings of Buddhism with their teacher Zuisei Goddard and the sangha.
Read MoreIn our practice the refuge of home is limitless and all encompassing. We are never outside of it. So when it feels as if we are shut out, why is this, and what can we do to return?
Read MoreWhen your spiritual practice feels dull or remote and it’s difficult to remember its living, breathing power, here are eight ways to re-engage—find the one that speaks to you now. This dharma talk begins with the Student Entering Ceremony of Eric Geist.
Read MoreOpen up to the practices of offering (dedicating the merit of our practice) and letting go (acknowledge, surrender, and grieve)…
Read MoreExplore the practice of prayer—learn how we as Buddhists can engage this powerful tool in the service of ending distraction and reclaiming love and liberation.
Read MoreExplore the practice of faith and the ways it sparks, sustains, and guides us on our path.
Read MoreFear can be practiced, no matter how strong or subtle it appears to us. Drawing on the Buddhist sutras, this talk illustrates the path of meeting our fears and moving beyond them.
Read MoreZen monasteries around the world practice oryoki, the meal ceremony that highlights that eating is a sacred act— one that puts us in touch, not just with physical hunger, but with our deeper aspiration to awaken.
Read MoreWe are lucky enough to have all that we need for liberation and enlightenment, so what happens now?
Read MoreIn the midst of what can be an awesome fear, and grief, the teachings on death and dying can also be a source of great power, wonder, and love
Read MoreZuisei shares just how the practice of love is the heart, the path, and the realization of the Buddhist teachings
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