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Gratitude as Resistance

2026/08/13

Gratitude as a radical tool for training the mind in connection, clarity, and compassion—the foundation for wholesome action.

(II) Revolutionary Dharma: The Teachings of the Lotus Sutra 1

2026/07/11

An excerpt of the OMS course led by Zuisei Goddard on the foundational Mahayana text, the Lotus Sutra. The Lotus Sutra uses the language and imagery of poetry and myth to set forth radical teachings that turned the traditional understanding of the Buddha’s dharma on its head.

SWITCH 4: Working with Difficult Thoughts | Chop the Thought

2026/07/09

How to work with persistent, troublesome thoughts by tracing them back to their roots, seeing that no matter how convincing, thoughts are inherently empty.

SWITCH 4: Working with Difficult Thoughts | Trace

2026/07/02

How to work with persistent, troublesome thoughts by tracing them back to their roots, seeing that no matter how convincing, thoughts are inherently empty.

SWITCH 3: Working with Difficult Thoughts | Ignore

2026/06/25

Continue to explore the Buddha’s instructions for practicing with persistent and troublesome thoughts.

SWITCH 2: Working with Difficult Thoughts | Warning! Danger!

2026/06/18

What do we do with a thought that's stubbornly compelling, one that we can’t—or don't want to—let go of?

(I) Revolutionary Dharma: The Teachings of the Lotus Sutra 1

2026/06/13

SWITCH 1: Working with Difficult Thoughts

2026/06/11

What gets in the way of seeing clearly? Inevitably, it’s our own thoughts—thoughts of greed, anger, and delusion. Learning to work with these thoughts

Concentration: The Jhanas

2026/05/13

The trouble of suffering always emerges from ignorance. But ignorance of what exactly?

Ignorance and Love

2026/03/05

The trouble of suffering always emerges from ignorance. But ignorance of what exactly?

Everything, Everywhere, All at Once: An Introduction to Dependent Origination

2026/01/29

When things happen that we cannot control, we can always choose how to respond. This is the path to liberation.

Fusatsu: On Karma and Choice

2026/01/15

How we create our own karma.

Faith in Zen

2025/12/07

A talk on the kind of faith needed to practice Zen

Receiving the Precepts: Jukai Ceremony (2025)

2025/10/26

Jukai ceremony at Ocean Mind Sangha. Listen and join in as OMS students formally commit to lives guided by the ethical teachings of Buddhism with their teacher Zuisei and the sangha

The Eight Worldly Winds

2025/09/04

A teaching on the eight worldly winds: all the ways we chase and run away and the antidotes to this endless cycle.