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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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Thursday, 21st May, 8pm AEST
Thursday Sangha Group Sharings

Dear family,

Please join Faye, Maria and Debbie, as we enjoy another wonderful Thursday COS meeting!

Typically on a Thursday, we sit quietly for a few minutes and then after the acknowledfement of country, the facilitator will share a reflection on a topic or question that they have posed for the group (more information to follow soon about the question or reflection).

We then enjoy 20 minutes of discussion in breakout groups and finish with a guided meditation.

We hope you can join us 

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

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.

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