The Way to A Meaningful Life
with Venerable Robina Courtin
New Dates:
Wednesdays, Jan 21, Feb 18, Mar 18, 1:30-3pm EST/EDT
Thursdays, Feb 5, Mar 5, Apr 2, May 28, 6:30-8pm EST/EDT
IN-PERSON & ONLINE
Note: Registration will be available soon.
With Buddhist practice we learn to delve deeply into our own minds, unpacking and unraveling our thoughts and feelings and emotions, learning to distinguish clearly between the unhappy states of mind that limit us such as attachment, anger, depression, low self-esteem, and the positive upbeat states of mind that actually are at the core of our being such as love, compassion, confidence and the rest. As such, we are able to recognize and re-discover our profound innate potential.
Combined with this inner work, we learn to abide by the natural law of karma, which strengthens our confidence that we are the creators of our own reality and that there’s no karma that can’t be changed.
Important Note
Please note that registration for each session closes once it has started. To bypass the MindBody system limitation, please register for the remaining session(s) instead by selecting those date(s) in the ‘Make a Reservation’ screen during registration.
This is an in-person and online event. For online, the events will be administered using Zoom*.
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*Zoom is an interactive video-conferencing tool that allows participants to see one another and ask questions. You will need a computer, a tablet or a smartphone with the Zoom application to attend. If you are using Zoom for the first time, please login earlier to allow any necessary installations on your device.
Registration / Schedule
Suggested: $20 per session
Other offering options: free, $5, $10, $30
The suggested amount helps support teacher offerings and expenses, direct costs and rent. Shantideva member benefits will apply automatically if you have a membership in MindBody.
Jan 21: How to find answers within oneself
Feb 5: Understanding the many faults of anger and attachment
Feb 18: Meditating on impermanence
March 5: The purpose of being human
March 18: The root of samsara
April 2: What makes actions virtuous or non-virtuous
May 28: The power of compassions
2025
Jan 6: Samsara is not a place but a state of mind
Jan 22: Every problem on earth comes from attachment
Feb 3: Compassionate Action
Feb 5: Understanding the Many Faults of Anger and Attachment
Feb 19: Karma: we create ourselves
Mar 3: How to apply emptiness in daily life
Mar 5: The Purpose of Being Human
Mar 18: The Root of Samsara
Apr 2: What Makes Actions Virtuous or Non-virtuous
April 7: What is the antidote to our delusions?
April 23: We should learn to like problems like we like ice cream
May 5: If we don’t start now, when will we?
May 28: The Power of Compassion
June 2: How to cultivate wise compassion
June 18: Make the most of this human life
July 21: Counteract anxiety by looking the problem in the eye
Sept 4: Tools for happiness
Sept 17: How to face death without fear
Dec 4: How to loosen the Grip of Ego-grasping by Understanding Dependent Arising
Dec 17: Go Beyond Fear
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Recordings
This is a playlist. To jump to a particular session, click the playlist icon (near the top-right corner) of the video frame to select video.
Dana for the Teacher
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.
