Ocean Mind Sangha

SWITCH (Talk 4): Working with Difficult Thoughts | Tracing the Thought 02.07.2026 33:49 ↓

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 25.06.2026 36:10 ↓

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

SWITCH (Talk 2): Working with Difficult Thoughts | Warning! Danger! 18.06.2026 46:20 ↓

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

SWITCH (Talk 1): Working with Difficult Thoughts 11.06.2026 46:20 ↓

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 13.05.2026 38:39 ↓

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

Ignorance vs. Love 05.03.2026 51:16 ↓

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

Everything, Everywhere, All at Once: An Introduction to Dependent Origination 29.01.2026 37:23 ↓

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 15.01.2026 24:08 ↓

How we create our own karma.

Faith in Zen 07.12.2025 33:49 ↓

A talk on the kind of faith needed to practice Zen

Receiving the Precepts: Jukai Ceremony (2025) 26.10.2025 1:17:56 ↓

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 04.09.2025 48:35 ↓

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? 14.08.2025 33:04 ↓

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

Fusatsu Talk: The Three Supreme Methods 31.07.2025 41:52 ↓

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

The Contemplative Life 25.06.2025 42:23 ↓

The contemplative life as a gate to liberation

Past Actions, Present Karma (Diamond Sutra) 15.05.2025 41:26 ↓

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

Dharma Encounter: The Next Buddha 04.05.2025 1:20:02 ↓

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

The Four Opponent Powers (Atonement Practice) 04.05.2025 41:26 ↓

How to take responsibility for our harmful actions, consistently and with compassion.

The Unmaker of Measurement: Fusatsu Talk 27.03.2025 18:48 ↓

In Fusatsu, renewal of vows ceremony grounded in the moral and ethical teachings of Buddhism, we take refuge in the Three Treasures. Not to seek shelter from the world, nor to measure it in

Silent Illumination: Shikantaza 27.02.2025 29:34 ↓

Based on OMS’s study of Illumination: A Guide to the Buddhist Method of No-Method by Rebecca Li, Zuisei traces the origins of “just sitting”

When No Thing Works | Buddhist Practice During Crisis 06.02.2025 49:02 ↓

Five stages to apply to formal dharma practice and to all living

The Practice of Togetherness 16.01.2025 34:58 ↓

Why must we counter today’s tendency towards isolation? Zuisei sheds light on a way back to ourselves and each other

A Particular Kind of Joy 09.01.2025 36:26 ↓

A talk on the joy of growing into who you’ve alway been—awe, terror and a kind of ignorance included.

Shikantaza: Open Awareness 07.12.2024 36:30 ↓

Clear beginner’s instruction for shikantaza, guidance on how to work with obstacles specific to it, and the inspiration to just dive in

A Satisfying Life 05.12.2024 40:51 ↓

A talk on what it takes to feel truly fulfilled in this life

The Power of Loving-kindness (Metta) 14.11.2024 41:53 ↓

A talk on the power of loving-kindness in the face of difficulty and uncertainty