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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Friday 1st May 8pm AEDT
Sitting and Walking Meditation
You are warmly welcomed to join Faye, Ana Maria and Debbie for another lovely Friday evening/day/morning depending upon where you are sitting
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We will all participate in a silent sitting meditation , followed by walking meditation and then conclude with a Reading
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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
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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.
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).
He gives us the old proverb:
Be humble, you are made of dust
Be noble, you are made of stars.