Buddhist Teachings By Ven. Robina Courtin

Something To Think About Series #224 Thought of the day from Venerable Robina Courtin

Venerable Robina gives a teaching on Attachment & Emptiness during the Lawudo Trek in Nepal. One way of presenting these levels of practice which are expressed in this packaging of Tsongkhapa’s called the Lamrim, this gradual path, this course, that you graduate from as a Buddha, is in terms of understanding attachment. This is massive for the Buddha, way bigger than we can think because it’s assuming even the way the world is, how we’re born, the kind of bodies we have, it’s got a much bigger framework than we can think of. So effectively the actual delusion that’s the source of all suffering is this thing called ego grasping that the realisation of emptiness cuts, and all the teachings lead to that. But effectively in daily life we can say attachment is the main problem. This bottomless pit of dissatisfaction, the neediness, that causes the anger and aversion then causes all the other things, which cause us to harm others, which causes suffering rebirths, and so on. When we understand attachment is the

Something To Think About Series #223 Thought of the day from Venerable Robina Courtin

Something To Think About Series #222 Thought of the day from Venerable Robina Courtin

Something To Think About Series #221 Thought of the day from Venerable Robina Courtin

If we realised impermanence, realised the reality and integrated it into our mind, that impermanence is just the way things are, and we will die, your life is transformed, because you don’t waste your life when you realise it’s impermanent. Death is definite but the time of death is not certain. Venerable Robina discusses Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s book - ‘How To Face Death Without Fear’ and explains the steps of the death process. Questions about - the concept that there’s no time to waste and the Pali term Saṃvega, the stages of death, what stage does chanting mantras matters, should the three days after death be at home, what happens when you die suddenly with cardiac arrest, pulling the hair at the crown when someone dies, is there a test to perform after death to know if the consciousness has left the body, when someone is dying but is on a lot of pain medication, and voluntary assisted dying? Vajrayana Institute, Sydney, 25th May 2025. https://youtu.be/IsHYAlGmsxg

Something To Think About Series #220 Thought of the day from Venerable Robina Courtin

Something To Think About Series #219 Thought of the day from Venerable Robina Courtin

Most people don’t like to think about death. Death is a really crucial thing to understand, because according to the Buddha our mind will continue to another life and we’ve got a long term goal of Buddhahood, which indeed could take us countless lifetimes, so you’ve got to have a very serious long term plan. Death is an extremely important stage in this development. As Lama Zopa Rinpoche says - actually if you want to help anybody in this life, the time they need you most, is at the time of death. There are two approaches to preparing for death. One is to live your life well, so that when death comes you are ready for it and relaxed. The second one is what to do during the months, weeks, days, and hours before death; at the time the breath stops, and three days after that. Why is it so important to help a person die well? Because at the time of death, the karmic seed planted in the mind of that person, that will determine their next life, is triggered as the death process starts. The crucial piece, and withou

Something To Think About Series #218 Thought of the day from Venerable Robina Courtin

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Something To Think About Series #216 Thought of the day from Venerable Robina Courtin

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.

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

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

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 session is promised.  The main source of suffering in this life is attachment. The vast majority of all humans on the planet have absolutely no idea that what goes on in their mind plays any role at all in their lives - when it comes to happiness and suffering. Buddha has found from his own experience that we can our mind utterly of the neuroses. If you can change the outside, please change it, but what if you can’t then what? Change your mind! When there is no fear, there is no suffering. We can mould our mind into any shape we like. We have to notice the thoughts before they become emotional, then we can argue

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

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

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

Start the day with your mind pointed in positive direction.