Making the Daily Spiritual Practice Your Own Part 1 of 3, with Ven. Robina Courtin

Описание: Whether you are new to Buddhism altogether, whether you have just read a few texts, heard a few teachings at the Center and maybe attended a puja or two, or whether you have been practicing for a while and have your own regular home practice, this series of three talks by Venerable Robina will provide you with the tools and guidance to put together your own regular practice that flows from your innermost heart rather than being just something you are "supposed to do."

Daily spiritual practice is also not just the practice that occurs while sitting, praying or prostrating in the gompa or meditation room. Venerable Robina will also teach us about the incredibly beneficial practices that allow us to take the spiritual practice off the cushion into everything that we do: driving in traffic, at work, with family. We will learn about the simple profound practice of tong-len, or taking and giving, the meditation practice of generating bodhicitta while living our normal lives.

Biography

Born in Australia in 1944, Ven. Robina Courtin spent the early part of her life studying classical singing, being involved with the radical left/feminist activism and then, in her quest for a spiritual path, studying martial arts. She became a student of Lama Yeshe and was ordained as a Tibetan Buddhist nun at Kopan Monastery in 1978. Since then, she has worked full-time for the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (FPMT) in several roles; editorial director of Wisdom Publications, editor of the Mandala Magazine, and director of the Liberation Prison Project. Since 1987 she has taught Buddhist courses and retreats at FPMT centers worldwide. Well-known for her intense energy and no-nonsense manner of expressing her profound understanding of Buddhist philosophy, Ven. Robina is the subject of an award-winning documentary, "Chasing Buddha" and a film by Christine Lundberg called "On the Road Home".