Ocean Mind Sangha Vanessa Zuisei Goddard

Keep your spiritual practice alive and strong—to vow is a powerful daily
practice, and it is essential for lay Zen practitioners.

On the first bodhisattva vow—sentient beings are numberless, I vow to save
them or what it means to love, even when it is difficult to do so

On the fourth bodhisattva vow—the buddha way is unattainable, I vow to
attain it, and its relationship to the three doors of karma

The third bodhisattva vow—the dharmas are boundless, I vow to master them
—speaks of the importance of letting everything in our lives teach us.

Sloth and torpor is a subtle turning away of our vows, but we can always
return and re-engage with what is most important to us.

Restlessness and worry roil the mind like the wind roils water, robbing it
of its calm. The antidote? Mindfulness.