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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The Four Opponent Powers and Vajrasattva Meditation 27.06.2025 26:02

Purification Practice The Four Rs: Regret, Reliance, Remedy, Resolve Image: Buddha Vajrasattva in the aspect of Lama Yeshe from the Vajrasattva Gompa at Tushita Meditation Centre in Dharamsala.

Satisfaction (STTA 215) 26.06.2025 1:42

Something To Think About Series #215 Thought of the day from Venerable Robina Courtin

We feel like were imprisoned by the outside world (STTA 214) 25.06.2025 1:45

Something To Think About Series #214 Thought of the day from Venerable Robina Courtin

Stay Steady (teaching) 24.06.2025 1:30:08

Venerable Robina will unpack what it means to "stay steady." We are usually worried about what will happen or what won't happen. A thousand times a day tiny things happen to bother us. Attachment energy is unleashed, anxiety arises, and we usually go to someone else to help us feel better. Ven. Robina will discuss methods, simple and profound, to become our own mother, friend, and therapist. A Q&A...

The mind is like a mirror (STTA 213) 23.06.2025 1:39

Something To Think About Series #213 Thought of the day from Venerable Robina Courtin

Greeting the problem (STTA 212) 22.06.2025 1:26

Something To Think About Series #212 Thought of the day from Venerable Robina Courtin

We conflate physical pain with anger (STTA 211) 21.06.2025 1:55

Something To Think About Series #211 Thought of the day from Venerable Robina Courtin

Lama Tsongkhapa Meditation 20.06.2025 32:56

Start the day with your mind pointed in positive direction.

A healthy way to think about death (STTA 210) 19.06.2025 0:56

Something To Think About Series #210 Thought of the day from Venerable Robina Courtin

The lack of contentment with who we are (STTA 209) 18.06.2025 1:00

Something To Think About Series #209 Thought of the day from Venerable Robina Courtin

Overcoming Clinging (teaching) 17.06.2025 1:26:14

Women of Wisdom series. According to Buddha, attachment – clinging, grasping, craving – is effectively the main source of our suffering in day-to-day life. Big surprise! We usually confuse it with love, which is necessarily altruistic, and is the source of our own happiness and the capacity to help others. Buddha's view of the mind describes two distinct categories of states of mind: the deluded,...

Impatience (STTA 208) 16.06.2025 1:16

Something To Think About Series #208 Thought of the day from Venerable Robina Courtin

Patience is a brave attitude (STTA 207) 15.06.2025 1:19

Something To Think About Series #207 Thought of the day from Venerable Robina Courtin

A healthy sense of self (STTA 206) 14.06.2025 1:08

Something To Think About Series #206 Thought of the day from Venerable Robina Courtin

The feeling of a separate self (STTA 205) 12.06.2025 1:27

Something To Think About Series #205 Thought of the day from Venerable Robina Courtin

The irony of ego (STTA 204) 11.06.2025 0:44

Something To Think About Series #204 Thought of the day from Venerable Robina Courtin

How to Apply the Wisdom of Emptiness in Everyday Life (teaching) 10.06.2025 1:47:32

We spend our lives being seduced by the outside world, believing completely that happiness and suffering come from "out there." But "everything we experience is our own karmic appearance," says Lama Zopa Rinpoche. "Everything is made up by our own minds." By understanding emptiness — that everything occurs in dependence upon causes and conditions (in other words, karma) and that, crucially, there'...

We can't fix the world but we can do what we can (STTA 203) 09.06.2025 1:14

Something To Think About Series #203 Thought of the day from Venerable Robina Courtin

Why do we suffer so terribly when we see suffering (STTA 202) 08.06.2025 1:12

Something To Think About Series #202 Thought of the day from Venerable Robina Courtin

Changing our viewpoint (STTA 201) 07.06.2025 1:21

Something To Think About Series #201 Thought of the day from Venerable Robina Courtin

Purification Practice (meditation) 06.06.2025 37:34

In this short but powerful practice we apply the for opponent powers to purify our negative Karma. First, we take refuge, we rely on our trustworthy teacher, the Buddha, and the path he showed us. Then we regret all our negative actions, which only create obstacles on our path. And next we apply the remedy, in this practice it is the recitation of the Vajrasattva Mantra. To conclude, we apply the...

Try to paint a new picture (STTA 200) 05.06.2025 1:21

Something To Think About Series #200 Thought of the day from Venerable Robina Courtin

We want to be in charge of our lives (STTA 199) 04.06.2025 1:27

Something To Think About Series #199 Thought of the day from Venerable Robina Courtin

We can reinterpret external events (STTA 198) 03.06.2025 1:47

Something To Think About Series #198 Thought of the day from Venerable Robina Courtin

Introduction to Tantra (Part 3 of 3 teaching) 03.06.2025 57:22

Venerable Robina will give us the essence of the tantric path of practice, echoing Lama Yeshe's teachings as discussed in Introduction to Tantra. She will keep her teachings practical and immediately applicable.