Thursday, 7th May, 8pm AEST
Thursday Sangha Group Sharings

Dear family, 

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Please join Judy, Faye and Rose as we reflect on whether there are things in our lives that we are naturally attracted to, or that we have an aversion to - things we perceive as inherently 'good' or 'bad'? Has the practice helped us to be more aware of these perceptions, and reduce the tendency to divide the world into ‘pure’ and ‘defiled’?

These questions can be discussed in breakout groups as usual...

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This will be followed by a guided meditation to finish.

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We hope you can join us 🙂

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Our theme for May 2026 is:
The Insight that Brings Us to the Other Shore

Understanding the Sutra: verse 3, part 2
Listen Shariputra
All Phenomena bear the mark of Emptiness
Their true nature is the nature of
no Birth, no Death
no Being, no Nonbeing
no Defilement, no Purity
no Increasing, no decreasing

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Thay reminds us that we don’t have to die to become dust. We are already dust. We contain the whole cosmos.

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We can be arrogant when we think that we understand a speck of dust, just as we think we understand a human being. When we can see the no increasing, no decreasing nature of reality you will have no more fear, no more complexes (p67).

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He gives us the old proverb:
Be humble, you are made of dust
Be noble, you are made of stars.