Draft:Vanessa Zuisei Goddard
Vanessa Zuisei Goddard | |
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| Title | Author & Zen Buddhist teacher |
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| Born | 1973 Mexico City |
| Religion | Zen Buddhism |
| School | Rinzai and Sōtō |
| Lineage | Mountains and Rivers Order (part of White Plum Asanga) |
| Senior posting | |
| Teacher | John Daido Loori Geoffrey Shugen Arnold |
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Vanessa Zuisei Goddard (born 1973) is a Mexican American Zen Buddhist teacher. She is a writer, editor, former monastic, and author of the book Still Running: the Art of Meditation in Motion Her writings have been featured in Tricycle Magazine, Lion’s Roar, Buddhadharma, and Parabola. Now based in Playa del Carmen, Mexico. She currently serves as Tricycle Magazine’s Teachings Editor and is the Guiding Teacher of Ocean Mind Sangha.
Zen Training
Shortly after graduating from college, Zuisei entered into Zen training at Zen Mountain Monastery with her first teacher—also founder and abbot of the monastery—John Daido Loori. Zuisei lived and trained there full-time for twenty-four years, mostly as a monastic, and later as a lay practitioner and teacher. She led retreats, meditation workshops and began working with Zen students one on one. She received dharma transmission (authorization to teach) from her teacher and current abbot of the monastery, Geoffrey Shugen Arnold.[1] After leaving the monastery, Zuisei resided and taught in New York City before relocating to Playa del Carmen in the south of Mexico. She continues to teach worldwide as the Guiding Teacher at Ocean Mind Sangha via virtual classes, retreats, and one-on-one sessions with newcomers and informal and formal students.[2]
References
- ^ "Teachers & Staff - Geoffrey Shugen Arnold". Zen Mountain Monastery.
- ^ Hinkel, Kathleen. "A Day in the Dharma with Vanessa Zuisei Goddard". Tricycle.