You are warmly welcomed to join Tony, Dipika and Sarah for another wonderful Thursday COS get together!

The sharing will be on the topic: The Six Harmonies with focus on the third - Sharing insights. The question for breakout groups is 'What stops me from sharing my insights or experiences with the Sangha? What would help me have a go at sharing?'
The session will end with a guided meditation.

Monthly Theme: Being Sangha Builders
Sangha building is the most precious work a monk, a nun or a layperson can do (Joyfully Together, p8).

A true Sangha doesn’t arise automatically. It is the product of the work of many individuals. The collective energy is made up of the combination of many individual energies (9). That makes a Sangha that is strong and solid. We don’t hide in the Sangha to avoid responsibilities. When you are present with the Sangha in mindfulness, you automatically contribute more energy to the Sangha and the Sangha becomes stronger. When you are absent from Sangha activities, you are not able to contribute your living energy to the Sangha and the Sangha does not profit from your energy (9).

Relating to the Dharma Seal of no self:
Nothing has a separate existence or a separate self. Everything has to inter-be with everything else. … We all have the capacity of living with nondiscriminating wisdom but we have to train ourselves to see in that way, to see that the flower is us, the mountain is us, our parents and children ae all us (The Heart of the Buddha’s Teaching, p134)..