Ocean Mind Sangha

Gratitude as Resistance

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 2

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

SWITCH (Talk 5): Working with Difficult Thoughts | Chop the Thought

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 (Talk 4): Working with Difficult Thoughts | Tracing the Thought

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 (Talk 3): Working with Difficult Thoughts | Ignore/Selective Attention

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

SWITCH (Talk 2): Working with Difficult Thoughts | Warning! Danger!

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

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

SWITCH (Talk 1): Working with Difficult Thoughts

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

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

Ignorance vs. Love

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

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

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

How we create our own karma.

Faith in Zen

A talk on the kind of faith needed to practice Zen

Receiving the Precepts: Jukai Ceremony (2025)

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 a

The Eight Worldly Winds

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

What is Mind?

What happens when we turn the mind around to look at itself?

Fusatsu Talk: The Three Supreme Methods

How to make practice intimate and personal, from intention to dedication, one precious and perfect whole.

The Contemplative Life

The contemplative life as a gate to liberation

Past Actions, Present Karma (Diamond Sutra)

The power of karma to affect both our past and present actions

Dharma Encounter: The Next Buddha

How do we realize and express the next buddha as sangha? How do we help each other wake up?