Sunday, 4th October, 8pm AEDT
Tea Meditation

PLEASE BE AWARE: Daylight savings begins today (Sunday 4 October, until the first Sunday in April, 2027), so your local meeting time may now have changed by one hour - please check the event clock shown here, for wherever you live

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Welcome our lovely COS family! Please join Jan and Ling for another relaxing and enjoyable Tea Meditation.

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Tea meditation is a time to be with the Sangha in a joyful and serene atmosphere. Just to enjoy our tea together is enough. It is like a “good news” occasion, when we share our joy and happiness in being together.

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"When I pour tea, I like to pour the tea mindfully. When I pour the tea mindfully, my mind isn’t in the past or the future, or with my projects. My mind is focused on pouring the tea. I’m fully concentrated on the act of pouring tea. Pouring tea becomes the only object of my mindfulness and concentration. This is a pleasure and it also can bring many insights. I can see that in the tea there is a cloud. Yesterday it was a cloud, but today it is my tea. Insight is not something very far away. With mindfulness and concentration you can begin to develop the insight that can liberate you and bring you happiness." - Thich Nhat Hanh

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We hope you can join us and look forward to hearing everyone's insights

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

Understanding the Sutra: Verse 8
Whoever can see this
No longer needs anything to attain.

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Understanding the Sutra: Verse 9:
Bodhisattvas who practice
The Insight that Brings Us to the Other Shore
See no more obstacles in their mind,
and because there are no more obstacles in their mind
They can overcome all fear
Destroy all wrong perceptions
And realize Perfect Nirvana.