Sunday, 22th March, 8pm AEDT 
Happening

Dear Friends,

please feel welcome to join COS as we gather for another beautiful Happening led by Jan and Maria, with Adam providing the Tech Support. As always, this is a wonderful opportunity for the whole sangha to offer sharings and to listen to each other. Offerings can be any form - readings, singing, showing of artwork or items of significance etc. .

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Our theme for March is "The Insight That Brings Us To The Other Shore"
Understanding the Sutra: verses 1 and 2:
Avalokiteshvara, while practicing deeply with
the Insight that Brings Us to the Other Shore,
suddenly discovered that all of the five Skandas are equally empty
and with this realization he overcame all ill-being.

Listen Shariputra
This Body itself is Emptiness
And Emptiness itself is this Body
This Body is not other than Emptiness,
And Emptiness is not other than this Body.
The same is true of Feelings,
Perceptions, Mental Formations
And Consciousness.

What is the insight that brings us to the Other Shore?
The insight is when we understand that everything is empty of a separate self. Thus we can’t describe anything as permanent, pure or having a self. And they also cannot be characterized as being impermanent, impure or lacking a self. This teaching is also found in the Diamond Sutra.