Ocean Mind Sangha
Vanessa Zuisei Goddard
Show overview
Ocean Mind Sangha has been publishing since 2015, and across the 11 years since has built a catalogue of 172 episodes. That works out to roughly 150 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a monthly cadence.
Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 32 min and 42 min — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-US-language Religion & Spirituality show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 2 months ago, with 3 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2021, with 32 episodes published. Published by Vanessa Zuisei Goddard.
From the publisher
A collection of dharma talks by Vanessa Zuisei Goddard, Guiding Teacher at Ocean Mind Sangha.
Latest Episodes
View all 172 episodesEp 150Ignorance vs. Love
The trouble of suffering always emerges from ignorance. But ignorance of what exactly?
Ep 149Everything, 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.
Ep 148Fusatsu: On Karma and Choice
How we create our own karma.
Ep 147Faith in Zen
A talk on the kind of faith needed to practice Zen
Ep 146Receiving 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 and the sangha.
Ep 145The Eight Worldly Winds
A teaching on the eight worldly winds, all the ways we chase after and run away from, as well as the antidotes to this endless cycle.
Ep 144What is Mind?
What happens when we turn the mind around to look at itself?
Ep 143Fusatsu Talk: The Three Supreme Methods
How to make practice intimate and personal, from intention to dedication, one precious and perfect whole.
Ep 142The Contemplative Life
The contemplative life as a gate to liberation
Ep 141Past Actions, Present Karma
The power of karma to affect both our past and present actions
Ep 140Dharma Encounter: The Next Buddha
How do we realize and express the next buddha as sangha? How do we help each other wake up?
Ep 139The Four Opponent Powers
How to take responsibility for our harmful actions, consistently and with compassion.
Ep 138The Unmaker of Measurement: Fusatsu Talk
A talk on taking refuge and the I as the maker of measurement.
Ep 137Silent Illumination: Shikantaza
A talk on silent illumination (or shikantaza).
Ep 136When No Thing Works: Five Stages of Dharma Practice
Five stages to apply to formal dharma practice, and also to all living.
Ep 135The Practice of Togetherness
Why must we counter today’s tendency towards isolation? Zuisei sheds light on a way back to ourselves and each other.
Ep 134A Particular Kind of Joy
A talk on the joy of growing into who you’ve alway been—awe, terror and a kind of ignorance included.
Ep 133Shikantaza: Open Awareness
A talk on the practice of Open Awareness (shikantaza).
Ep 132A Satisfying Life
A talk on what it takes to feel truly fulfilled in this life
Ep 131The Power of Loving-kindness (Metta)
A talk on the power of loving-kindness in the face of difficulty and uncertainty.