Ven. Robina Courtin

The Workshop is in the Mind

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Venerable Robina Courtin weaves a tapestry of modern Buddhist commentary as she illuminates this ancient spiritual path with humor, wit and intensity. This Buddhist program aims to give every listener an opportunity to ponder some of life's deepest questions such as:"Why do bad and good things happen? Is it karma? How can I overcome insecurity and start to care deeply for other beings? Can I lessen my depression and fears? Is reincarnation real? What is the mind? Exactly what is enlightenment? A Buddhist nun since the late 1970s, Robina Courtin has worked since then with the Foundation for the...

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Ven. Robina Courtin

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Understanding others (STTA 251) 16.08.2025 1:29

Something To Think About Series #251 Thought of the day from Venerable Robina Courtin

Meditation on the Guru Buddha - Express Meditation 15.08.2025 28:56

Start the day with your mind pointed in positive direction.

We need courage (STTA 250) 14.08.2025 1:41

Something To Think About Series #250 Thought of the day from Venerable Robina Courtin

Observe the inside world (STTA 249) 13.08.2025 1:27

Something To Think About Series #249 Thought of the day from Venerable Robina Courtin

Understanding Karma (Part 1 of 2 teaching) 12.08.2025 1:38:35

Many people all over the world don't like karma, Buddhists included. It's seen in a really cliched, hippy kind of way. So serious people don't like to talk about it. But actually, if we look at the big picture of Buddha's view of the universe, it's a coherent world view actually. The thing is, if the law of karma were not relevant to Buddhism, if it were not something valid, the whole of Buddhism...

We need to persevere (STTA 248) 11.08.2025 1:54

Something To Think About Series #248 Thought of the day from Venerable Robina Courtin

Our minds are not set in stone (STTA 247) 10.08.2025 1:39

Something To Think About Series #247 Thought of the day from Venerable Robina Courtin

How to help someone who is dying (STTA 246) 09.08.2025 1:30

Something To Think About Series #246 Thought of the day from Venerable Robina Courtin

Recognizing the Central Fact of Equanimity - Express Meditation 08.08.2025 26:38

Start the day with your mind pointed in positive direction. We appreciate your support for our online classes.

Let's aspire to have confidence this year (STTA 245) 07.08.2025 1:05

Something To Think About Series #245 Thought of the day from Venerable Robina Courtin

Habits (STTA 244) 06.08.2025 1:44

Something To Think About Series #244 Thought of the day from Venerable Robina Courtin

Stress, Stress, Stress! (teaching) 05.08.2025 1:46:56

I think the typical way we live our lives, and the thing we think about most, from the moment we wake up in the morning until we go to sleep, is the outside world, what's out there, the people, the things. I think we pay very little attention to what goes on in the mind. We pay a lot of attention to our mind when we study something, it's all about the mind learning all these new thoughts, new conc...

An antidote to jealousy (STTA 243) 04.08.2025 1:43

Something To Think About Series #243 Thought of the day from Venerable Robina Courtin

Steady yourself (STTA 242) 03.08.2025 1:16

Something To Think About Series #242 Thought of the day from Venerable Robina Courtin

We're a work in progress (STTA 241) 02.08.2025 1:15

Something To Think About Series #241 Thought of the day from Venerable Robina Courtin

The Four Opponent Powers - Lawudo Trek (teaching) 01.08.2025 37:00

Ven. Robina leads the purification practice of the Four Opponent Powers. Lawudo Trek | March 30, 2019 | Lawudo Main Gompa, Solu Khumbu

Help where you can (STTA 240) 31.07.2025 1:31

Something To Think About Series #240 Thought of the day from Venerable Robina Courtin

What can I do to help (STTA 239) 30.07.2025 1:05

Something To Think About Series #239 Thought of the day from Venerable Robina Courtin

How to Develop the Unparalleled Levels of Love & Compassion of the Bodhisattva (Part 3 of 3 teaching) 29.07.2025 1:27:39

All sentient beings are caught in the trap of suffering in the realms of existence. Bodhicitta is a mind that wishes to free beings from suffering and bring them to the state of enlightenment. A bodhisattva is a person who has that bodhicitta mind, is a practitioner of the enlightenment thought which is the aspiration to achieve complete enlightenment as a perfect Buddha for the benefit of oneself...

No matter how hard things get we can handle it (STTA 238) 28.07.2025 1:39

Something To Think About Series #238 Thought of the day from Venerable Robina Courtin

Behave nicely (STTA 237) 27.07.2025 1:50

Something To Think About Series #237 Thought of the day from Venerable Robina Courtin

Get out there and do something for others (STTA 236) 26.07.2025 1:36

Something To Think About Series #236 Thought of the day from Venerable Robina Courtin

Happiness when the chocolate runs out. Happiness & Its Causes (teaching) 25.07.2025 17:25

Getting what we want, like delicious chocolate, a great job or a new partner, is our main method for achieving happiness, and we certainly work hard at it! But what if we lose it? Or what if we can't find it? What then? International Convention Centre, Sydney 2015

The primordial feeling of not being enough (STTA 235) 24.07.2025 2:15

Something To Think About Series #235 Thought of the day from Venerable Robina Courtin

Putting things off (STTA 234) 23.07.2025 1:12

Something To Think About Series #234 Thought of the day from Venerable Robina Courtin