Compassionate Ocean Sangha

Welcome to the Compassionate Ocean Sangha
We are an online mindfulness community in the Plum Village Tradition of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh that is facilitated by lay and Monastic Dharma Teachers.
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Sunday, 20th September, 8pm AEST
Happening - Part 2!
You are warmly welcomed to join Jan, Tim and Ling, for a special event - a 'Happening' part 2!
There were so many more stories and sharings, we had to have a part 2!
The last 'Happening' in August, was a roaring success, with Jan and Tim tracking back through the years and themes of Compassionate Ocean Sangha. Along the way, inviting friends that have joined in the different eras to share with us; How you came to join the Sangha and How has been part of the Sangha been useful in your daily life?
We hope you can join us
Our theme for September 2026 is:
The Insight that Brings Us to the Other Shore
Verse 7:
Ill-being, the causes of Ill-being, the end of ill-being, the Path
Insight and attainment
Are also not separate self-entities
Thich Nhat Hanh teaches the Four Noble Truths as practical methods to transform suffering into peace by recognizing ill-being, looking at its roots, realizing well-being, and walking the mindful path.
After his enlightenment under the Bodhi tree, the Buddha sat for some days in his inner liberation, which he called a state of nirvana. As Thich Nhat Hanh explains, “Nirvana means extinction—first of all, the extinction of all concepts and notions.
Our concepts about things prevent us from really touching them.” For the Buddha, the ability to see reality as it really is, free of all concepts that distort it, was also the extinction of suffering.
(Thich Nhat Hanh, The Heart of the Buddha’s Teaching)