TOGETHERNESS
"A community of friends practising the dharma together in order to bring about and to maintain awareness.
The essence of a sangha is awareness, understanding, acceptance, harmony and love."
COMPASSIONATE OCEAN SANGHA
An online Plum Village mindfulness community facilitated by lay and Monastic Dharma Teachers.
Our website:
https://www.compassionateoceansangha.org
Our YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClJ7t4ETrIAR-5OaNkfrZzg
Our Facebook group:
Compassionate Ocean Sangha | Facebook
Contact for the Compassionate Ocean Sangha:
compassionateoceansangha@gmail.com
Additional Sanghas of New South Wales
If you enjoyed your day at Mountain Spring Monastery you might like to visit a lay sangha in your local area or online.
Blue Mountains, Lawson
In-Person Sangha: Spacious Hearts Sangha
When: Fortnightly on Thursdays 7pm to 8:30pm
Contact: Mel - nampijinpa@gmail.com
Blue Mountains, Springwood
In-Person Sangha: Smiling Hearts Sangha
When: Wednesdays 7pm to 8:30pm
Contact: Ann - smilingheartssangha@gmail.com
Inner West, Camperdown
In-Person Sangha: Lotus Bud Sangha
When: Wednesdays 7pm to 8.30pm
Where: Buddhist Library - 90 Church St Camperdown
Contact: Sarah Ashton - sarahashton_2@hotmail.com
Inner West, Camperdown
In-Person Sangha: Wake Up Sydney
(age 18-35 or young at heart)
When: 1st & 3rd Sunday of month 5pm to 7pm
Where: Buddhist Library - 90 Church St Camperdown
Contact: Tasch - tascharndt@gmail.com
Lismore Area
In-Person Sangha: Five Mountains Sangha
Contact: Dianne Howard - ddhoward@bigpond.net.au
South Coast, Thirroul
In-Person Sangha: Footsteps Sangha
Where: Ocean Breeze Room, Thirroul Community Centre
When: 2nd & 4th Wednesday of month 6.45pm
Contact: Judy Stubbs - judy@judithstubbs.com.au
Sutherland Shire, Miranda
In-Person Sangha: Rising Tide Sangha
When: 1st and 3rd Mondays of month 7pm to 8.30pm
Contact: Ik Lin - risingtidesanghaSS@gmail.com
Southern Highlands
In-Person Sangha: Peaceful Heart Sangha
Contact: Jenny Pittman - jenny.pittman@gmail.com
Online
Online Sangha: Bankstown Mindfulness Practice Centre
When: Sundays 8am to 10am
Contact: Khoi Hoang - k.hoang@unswalumni.com
Online Sangha: Lotus Bud Sangha
When: Thursdays 7pm to 8.30pm
Contact: Sarah Ashton - sarahashton_2@hotmail.com
Online Sangha: Plumline Heart Sangha
When: Tuesdays 7:30pm to 9:00pm
Contact: Ann Munroe - ann@amunroe.com.au
Resources
Below are some resources which can support our mindfulness practice.
A free app with guided meditations, deep relaxations and other practices offered by Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh and his monastic community.
The world’s largest collection of Thich Nhat Hanh’s teachings and easily searchable. Answers to your deepest questions. Thich Nhat Hanh was asked many questions during his lifetime, discover how he responded across decades of teachings.
Plumline supports sangha building by being a place that anyone could reach out to for community and support, especially when it is not available anywhere else for them.
Parallax Press is a nonprofit publisher founded by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh. We publish books and media on the art of mindful living and Engaged Buddhism. Website includes The Mindfulness Bell - a journal of the art of mindful living.