Vanessa Zuisei Goddard
Vanessa Zuisei Goddard | |
|---|---|
| Title | Author & Zen Buddhist teacher |
| Personal | |
| Born | 1973 Mexico City |
| Religion | Zen Buddhism |
| School | Rinzai school |
| Lineage | Mountains and Rivers Order (part of White Plum Asanga) |
| Senior posting | |
| Teacher | John Daido Loori Geoffrey Shugen Arnold |
| Website | www.vanessazuiseigoddard.org |
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.[1] Her writings have been featured in Tricycle: The Buddhist Review, Lion's Roar (magazine), Buddhadharma: The Practitioner's Quarterly, and Parabola (magazine). Now based in Playa del Carmen, Mexico[2], she continues to write and to teach, virtually, and in person. She currently serves as Tricycle Magazine’s Teachings Editor and is the Guiding Teacher of Ocean Mind Sangha.
Early Life
Zuisei was born and raised in Mexico City and moved to Querétaro City, Mexico, in her teens. She later attended the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, where she graduated Magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts in English (Creative Writing Concentration) and Psychology Minor.[3]
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[4] 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.[5] 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.[6]
Writing and Editing
While at Zen Mountain Monastery she also fulfilled various editorial roles and served as creative director and director of operations for Dharma Communications, the monastery’s outreach arm overseeing its websites, journals, books, and various print materials.[7]
Her writing has been featured in the Buddhist journals Lion’s Roar, Buddhadharma and Parabola, and she is a regular contributor at The Buddhist Review: Tricycle Magazine. She joined Tricycle as their Teachings Editor in the winter of 2021.
Books
- Still Running: the Art of Meditation in Motion (2020) ISBN: 9781611808193[8]
- Weather Any Storm: How to Navigate Life’s Ups, Downs, and All Arounds, Illustrated by Paddy Donnelly (2023)
References
- ↑ "Still Running: The Art of Meditation in Motion by Vanessa Zuisei Goddard". www.publishersweekly.com. June 3, 2020. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
- ↑ Hinkel, Kathleen. "A Day in the Dharma with Vanessa Zuisei Goddard, a Zen teacher and Tricycle editor living in Playa del Carmen, Mexico". No. Summer 2022. Tricycle Magazine.
- ↑ "Goodreads Author". goodreads. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
- ↑ "Featured Authors". Shambhala Publications. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
- ↑ "Teachers & Staff - Geoffrey Shugen Arnold". Zen Mountain Monastery. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
- ↑ "Ocean Mind Sangha Events". Vanessa Zuisei Goddard. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
- ↑ "Featured Contributors". No. Winter 2021. Tricycle Magazine. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
- ↑ "Still Running: The Art of Meditation in Motion". No. Tip Sheet: What to Read Next. Publishers Weekly. 3 June 2020.
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