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
Overcoming Clinging (teaching)
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 lo…
Impatience (STTA 208)
Something To Think About Series #208
Thought of the day from Venerable Robina Courtin
Patience is a brave attitude (STTA 207)
Something To Think About Series #207
Thought of the day from Venerable Robina Courtin
A healthy sense of self (STTA 206)
Something To Think About Series #206
Thought of the day from Venerable Robina Courtin
The feeling of a separate self (STTA 205)
Something To Think About Series #205
Thought of the day from Venerable Robina Courtin
The irony of ego (STTA 204)
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)
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 …
We can’t fix the world but we can do what we can (STTA 203)
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)
Something To Think About Series #202
Thought of the day from Venerable Robina Courtin
Changing our viewpoint (STTA 201)
Something To Think About Series #201
Thought of the day from Venerable Robina Courtin
Purification Practice (meditation)
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. Th…
Try to paint a new picture (STTA 200)
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)
Something To Think About Series #199
Thought of the day from Venerable Robina Courtin
Introduction to Tantra (Part 3 of 3 teaching)
We can reinterpret external events (STTA 198)
Something To Think About Series #198
Thought of the day from Venerable Robina Courtin
The contents of our mind (STTA 197)
Something To Think About Series #197
Thought of the day from Venerable Robina Courtin
We need to focus on what is going on in the mind (STTA 196)
Something To Think About Series #196
Thought of the day from Venerable Robina Courtin
Wise compassion (STTA 195)
Something To Think About Series #195
Thought of the day from Venerable Robina Courtin
Medicine Buddha Mantra & Practice (Meditation)
Ven Robina leads a Medicine Buddha practice for the mother of one of the participants who had died that night. She introduces the visualization and mantra, and the benefits of this practice for those…
We harm others because we are freaking out (STTA 194)
Something To Think About Series #194
Thought of the day from Venerable Robina Courtin