Vajrasattva New Year Practice
with Venerable Robina Courtin

Wed Jan 1, 3-5pm EST 

IN-PERSON & ONLINE

The beginning of a new year can be a powerful time to welcome positive change, as well as an opportunity to reflect on impermanence and the karmic implications of our own actions. As easy as it is to think, “Out with the old, in with the new,” it is so much more effective to transform the old to clear space for the new. We can transform our old habits by engaging in the Buddhist practices of purification, like this one centered on the meditational deity Vajrasattva. This New Year’s Day practice involves a method for removing obstacles caused by negative karma and a cleansing visualization. Make a fresh start for the year by purifying our old habits with the meditation on the four powers and making optimistic decisions to change. 

Important Note

This is an in-person and online event. Please review our latest Covid-19 policy if you are attending in person. For online, the events will be administered using Zoom*.

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About the Teacher

Venerable Robina Courtin has worked full-time for Lama Thubten Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s organization, the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition, since her ordination in the late 1970s. Over the years she has served as editorial director of Wisdom Publications, editor of Mandala Magazine, executive director of Liberation Prison Project, and as a touring teacher of Buddhism. Her life and work with prisoners have been featured in the documentary films Chasing Buddha and Key to Freedom. Venerable Robina is known for her straightforward and energetic teaching style, helping people discover the potential of their own minds with clear explanations about Tibetan Buddhism and how to apply it to their lives.

Visit her website at https://www.robinacourtin.com.