The Workshop is in the Mind
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 Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition, a worldwide network of Tibetan Buddhist activities of Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinopche. She has served as editorial director of Wisdom Publications, editor of Mandala magazine, and executive director of Liberation Prison Project. Her life, as well as her work with prisoners, has been featured in the documentary films “Chasing Buddha and Key to Freedom”.
- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 15 minutes
- Episodes
- 412
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
Buddha Defines the Mind as Everything We Experience
Exploring the nature of ‘self’ in India 2500 years ago led to techniques that access the more subtle levels of consciousness. These techniques were mapped out so we can develop our incredible potenti…
Karma, The Natural Law of Cause and Effect
We can develop a healthy sense of empowerment by considering karma in a personal way. Think about how everything in this moment actually depends on the moment before. All our experiences of the prese…
Get to Know the Lam Rim (Gradual Path)
A presentation from the Buddha for progressively more advanced topics. We must first practice addressing the obvious disturbances in the mind and learn about their causes and effects. As we gain unde…
Why Trust in a Junkie Mind?
Trying to understand our own attachments can be brutal. We try to unpack the process of how attachments cause us suffering. We can learn the mind's subtle workings. For instance, attachment feeds off…
Buddha’s View of the Mind is Entirely Practical
Buddha presents a very direct, counter-intuitive way of addressing our own suffering. He asks us to look at how we cling to the ego when under pressure, thinking “It’s not my fault.” That closed-off …
Eye of the Beholder
Buddha presents a practical, valid, intellectually consistent world view of emotions, thoughts and how we view the outside world. The teachings encourage a skeptical, courageous process of testing ou…
Meditation on Compassion: Buddha Chenrezig
Visualizing and meditating on Buddha Chenrezig, the embodiment of compassion, as well as reciting his mantra, OM MANI PEME HUM, helps us reveal our own marvelous potential for empathy and love and th…
When Attachment Doesn't Get What It Wants
13:37 | Extracted from "When the Chocolate Runs Out" teachings given at Ocean of Compassion (Gyalwa Gyatso) Buddhist Center, August 18, 2017. Full teaching here
When Attachment Does not Get What It W…
Defining Consciousness
5:14 | Extracted from teachings given by Ven. Robina on the 2017 Lawudo Trek - Stillness Beyond Samsara, April 04, 2017.
Full teaching here
Creating Karma
14:12 | Extracted from teachings given at Ocean of Compassion (Gyalwa Gyatso) Buddhist Center, Aug 19, 17. Full teaching here.
Refuge and Bodhichitta Prayer
2:31| Extracted from teachings given at Jamyang Buddhist Group, Sept, 2017. Full teaching here.
How Karma Ripens
15:21 | Extracted from teachings given at Ocean of Compassion (Gyalwa Gyatso) Buddhist Center, Aug 19, 2017. Full teaching here.
Robina lifts the lid on the stew that makes us who we are, our karma. …