Compassionate Ocean Sangha
Sangha Meetings and Classes
Thursday,20th August, 8pm AEST
Sangha Group Sharings
You are warmly welcomed to join Judy, Timand Eva Marie for another lovely Thursday session.
Usually, the facilitators share their reflections, and then there is a question posed for discussion in our breakout groups, which is usually for around 20 minutes, followed by another beautiful guided meditation.
The Question for the group sharings will be:
"Are there moments that you have been able to touch God / Nirvana / The Ultimate?"
We hope you can join us
Our theme for August 2026 is:
The Insight that Brings Us to the Other Shore
Understanding the Sutra: Verse 6:
The Twelve Links of Interdependent Arising
And their Extinction
Are also not separate self-entities
Once again we meet Thay making corrections to known teachings. He presented his re-translation of the Sutra in 2014 but his commentary in his book,
The Other Shore, wasn’t published until around 2017 In that interim he has re-thought the teachings of the Eighteen Realms of Phenomena because he has proposed Five Links to replace the Twelve and states that because they are not separate self-entities if there is the extinction of one link there is the extinction of all .
Friday 21st August 8pm AEST
Sitting and Walking Meditation
You are warmly welcomed to join Faye, Eva Marie and Rose for another lovely Friday
evening/day/morning depending upon where you are sitting
We will all enjoy a silent sitting meditation, followed by walking meditation, and then conclude with a Sutra Reading,
We hope you can join us
Our theme for July 2026 has been:
The Insight that Brings Us to the Other Shore
Understanding the Sutra: verse 5
The Eighteen Realms of Phenomena
Which are the six Sense Organs
Six Sense Objects
And six Sense Consciousnesses
Are also not separate self-entities.
In the sutras we learn that everything is found within the eighteen realms of elements composed of the six sense organs, the six sense objects, and the six sense consciousnesses. … But thanks to modern science, we know that the universe is not just what we perceive with our five senses. We now know that all of our senses are quite limited
So, biology and physics help us to remove our dualistic view of mind and matter, psyche and soma, so that we are able to see the reciprocal and interbeing connection of body and mind. … Whenever we look up at the sky and see the moon, the stars and the galaxies, we have to practice to see that these things are not independent of consciousness. Everything in the cosmos has consciousness in it
Saturday, 22nd August, 8pm AEST
Saturday Sangha Whole Group Sharing
Dear COS Family.
You are warmly invited to join Lena, Julie and Adam for another lovely Saturday Sangha.
Usually on a Saturday Whole Group Sharing session, the facillitator will open the meeting, share a reflection of their own, followed by whole group sharings and concluding with a meditation. There is often a question to reflect upon and this can be disclosed before the event, giving the sangha time to digest and reflect upon it. More information may be shared about this before the date.
There will be a Reading: The Other Shore pp88 ‘Seeing Formations As They Really Are’ and ‘The 5 Links’
Following the reading, there will be the question for the whole sangha group sharing to discuss: "Share the conditions that led to the arising of a thought, feeling or action that triggered suffering or a joy in you, and the conditions that led to its cessation?"
Our theme for August 2026 is:
The Insight that Brings Us to the Other Shore
Understanding the Sutra: Verse 6:
The Twelve Links of Interdependent Arising
And their Extinction
Are also not separate self-entities
Once again we meet Thay making corrections to known teachings. He presented his re-translation of the Sutra in 2014 but his commentary in his book,
The Other Shore, wasn’t published until around 2017 In that interim he has re-thought the teachings of the Eighteen Realms of Phenomena because he has proposed Five Links to replace the Twelve and states that because they are not separate self-entities if there is the extinction of one link there is the extinction of all .
Sunday, 23rd August, 8pm AEST
Five Mindfulness Trainings Recitation
Welcome our lovely COS family! Please join Jan, Dipika and Ling for another interesting and nourishing Book Club.
More iinformation coming soon!
We hope you can join us.
Our theme for August 2026 is:
The Insight that Brings Us to the Other Shore
Understanding the Sutra: Verse 6:
The Twelve Links of Interdependent Arising
And their Extinction
Are also not separate self-entities
Once again we meet Thay making corrections to known teachings. He presented his re-translation of the Sutra in 2014 but his commentary in his book,
The Other Shore, wasn’t published until around 2017 In that interim he has re-thought the teachings of the Eighteen Realms of Phenomena because he has proposed Five Links to replace the Twelve and states that because they are not separate self-entities if there is the extinction of one link there is the extinction of all .