Buddhist Teachings By Ven. Robina Courtin

I think the typical way we live our lives, and the thing we think about most, from the moment we wake up in the morning until we go to sleep, is the outside world, what’s out there, the people, the things. I think we pay very little attention to what goes on in the mind. We pay a lot of attention to our mind when we study something, it’s all about the mind learning all these new thoughts, new concepts. So there we really do concentrate on the contents of the mind. But when it comes to our emotions, maybe we don’t have many methods. We don’t even notice our emotions until they are exploding out of the mouth, or until you can’t get out of bed one morning because you’re so depressed. The Buddhist approach is quite practical, contrary to our usual views, actually what goes on in our mind is the main player in our life, not the external events. So with that in mind, it’s necessary to pay attention and to work with what’s in our mind, to be able to become familiar with our emotions and feelings. So the Buddhist app