Venerable Robina Courtin
24-26 February 2017
Public Talk: UNRAVELING OUR EMOTIONS, Friday 24 February 7.30pm
Teaching: HOW ATTACHMENT PERVADES OUR LIVES, Sat. 25 + Sun. 26 February
Venerable Robina Courting will visit and teach 24 - 26 February 2017.
We are delighted to welcome her back!
Our usual times are starting with an introduction on Friday night, 7.30pm, and finish Sunday late afternoon.
Please book soon!
For those who need accommodation, there is a link to a list of local B+B's
Public Talk: UNRAVELING OUR EMOTIONS
Friday 24 February 7.30-9pm
The Buddhist view is that we’ve all got extraordinary potential. It’s not some special gift that only some people have; it’s innate within all of us. But potential for what? Not something holy, like heaven in the sky, or next life, but potential to lessen fear, depression, anxiety, neediness, low self-esteem and to grow love, contentment, compassion, clarity, courage and the other qualities we so badly want.
The key to accomplishing this is to understand these deeply ingrained habits by going deeply into our own minds, unraveling the complexity of the emotions, seeing them clearly and learning how to harness and transform them.
Teachings: HOW ATTACHMENT PERVADES OUR LIVES
Saturday 25 February 9.30am-9pm, Sunday 26 February 9.30am-5pm
What are referred to in the Mahayana Buddhist literature as the “eight mundane concerns” or the “eight worldly dharmas” are, in fact, simply primordial levels of attachment that exist virtually as assumptions in our minds. This assumption is that I must get what I want every second, thus causing us to constantly crave happy feelings, getting nice things, hearing pleasant words with our name in them, and having people approve of us. Attachment can't stand it when we get the opposite!
In fact, the more we look into our minds - be our own therapists, as Lama Yeshe wisely puts it - the more we see that these attitudes inform most of our decisions in daily life, thus causing us anger, anxiety, depression and so much confusion and pain. Reversing these attitudes - so radical! - is the essence of spiritual practice.
Venerable Robina Courtin
Ordained since the late 1970s, Robina Courtin has worked full time since then for Lama Thubten Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche's FPMT. Over the years she has served as editorial director of Wisdom Publications, editor of Mandala Magazine, executive director of Liberation Prison Project, an editor of the lamas’ teachings, and as a touring teacher of Buddhism. Her life and work with prisoners have been featured in the documentaries films Key to Freedom (2007) and the award-winning Chasing Buddha, released commercially worldwide in 2013.
Details
Venue: Sunshine Room, 505 East Whins, The Park, Findhorn IV36 3TH
Suggested donations: Whole weekend + introduction: £100- £60 (sliding scale)
Public Talk only: £10- £5 (sliding scale)
Bookings: contact togmesangpo37@gmail.com
Meals: Various options for meals are available:
3 Vegetarian meals in the Community centre (CC): £16 (Saturday lunch + dinner, Sunday brunch)
For all meal bookings and all payments for meals in the CC please contact katharina@mdammer.net directly
There is also the Phoenix Cafe and shop, plus Bohemia.
Accommodation can be found on our local B+B list: findhorn.cc/services/bed-breakfast-list/
More about Venerable Robina on her website: www.robinacourtin.com
Or watch one of her teachings to YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rc44T_rdeSI
We are delighted to welcome her back!
Our usual times are starting with an introduction on Friday night, 7.30pm, and finish Sunday late afternoon.
Please book soon!
For those who need accommodation, there is a link to a list of local B+B's
Public Talk: UNRAVELING OUR EMOTIONS
Friday 24 February 7.30-9pm
The Buddhist view is that we’ve all got extraordinary potential. It’s not some special gift that only some people have; it’s innate within all of us. But potential for what? Not something holy, like heaven in the sky, or next life, but potential to lessen fear, depression, anxiety, neediness, low self-esteem and to grow love, contentment, compassion, clarity, courage and the other qualities we so badly want.
The key to accomplishing this is to understand these deeply ingrained habits by going deeply into our own minds, unraveling the complexity of the emotions, seeing them clearly and learning how to harness and transform them.
Teachings: HOW ATTACHMENT PERVADES OUR LIVES
Saturday 25 February 9.30am-9pm, Sunday 26 February 9.30am-5pm
What are referred to in the Mahayana Buddhist literature as the “eight mundane concerns” or the “eight worldly dharmas” are, in fact, simply primordial levels of attachment that exist virtually as assumptions in our minds. This assumption is that I must get what I want every second, thus causing us to constantly crave happy feelings, getting nice things, hearing pleasant words with our name in them, and having people approve of us. Attachment can't stand it when we get the opposite!
In fact, the more we look into our minds - be our own therapists, as Lama Yeshe wisely puts it - the more we see that these attitudes inform most of our decisions in daily life, thus causing us anger, anxiety, depression and so much confusion and pain. Reversing these attitudes - so radical! - is the essence of spiritual practice.
Venerable Robina Courtin
Ordained since the late 1970s, Robina Courtin has worked full time since then for Lama Thubten Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche's FPMT. Over the years she has served as editorial director of Wisdom Publications, editor of Mandala Magazine, executive director of Liberation Prison Project, an editor of the lamas’ teachings, and as a touring teacher of Buddhism. Her life and work with prisoners have been featured in the documentaries films Key to Freedom (2007) and the award-winning Chasing Buddha, released commercially worldwide in 2013.
Details
Venue: Sunshine Room, 505 East Whins, The Park, Findhorn IV36 3TH
Suggested donations: Whole weekend + introduction: £100- £60 (sliding scale)
Public Talk only: £10- £5 (sliding scale)
Bookings: contact togmesangpo37@gmail.com
Meals: Various options for meals are available:
3 Vegetarian meals in the Community centre (CC): £16 (Saturday lunch + dinner, Sunday brunch)
For all meal bookings and all payments for meals in the CC please contact katharina@mdammer.net directly
There is also the Phoenix Cafe and shop, plus Bohemia.
Accommodation can be found on our local B+B list: findhorn.cc/services/bed-breakfast-list/
More about Venerable Robina on her website: www.robinacourtin.com
Or watch one of her teachings to YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rc44T_rdeSI
Venerable Robina Courtin at Findhorn, 2014