Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Feature
Just Love Them
A Zen monastery resident discovers her job has been getting in the way of the real work.
Vanessa Zuisei Goddard
Vanessa Zuisei Goddard is a writer and Zen teacher based in Playa del Carmen, Mexico. She is the author of Still Running: The Art of Meditation in Motion and Weather Any Storm.
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Zen in Motion
A Zen teacher and avid runner on her Buddhist approach to movement and meditation
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The Eight Worldly Winds: Fame and Disrepute
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The Gift of Contemplation
If we use up our energy to resist our circumstances, we won’t be able to dedicate it to the work of true transformation.
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Switching Off Unskillful Thoughts
Techniques for identifying and freeing ourselves from unwholesome thoughts the moment they arise.
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Signs of the Unseen
What if what we see is not all there is?
The Eight Worldly Winds: Gain and Loss
Printable aids for the pillars of Buddhist practice
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Working With the Five Hindrances: Doubt
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Working With the Five Hindrances: Restlessness and Worry
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Inside Tricycle’s Fall 2021 Issue
In this episode of Tricycle Talks, editor-in-chief James Shaheen is joined by three contributors—Jordan Quaglia, Vanessa Zuisei Goddard, and Ira Helderman—to take a closer look at our Fall 2021 issue.
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Dharma Talks
The Four Immeasurables: A Science of Compassion
In this series, Vanessa Zuisei Goddard speaks of the four immeasurables as a “science of compassion,” showing the incredible power loving-kindness, compassion, joy, and equanimity have to transform our relationships with others.
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