Steady yourself (STTA 242)
The Workshop is in the Mind
Something To Think About Series #242 Thought of the day from Venerable Robina Courtin
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We’re a work in progress (STTA 241)
The Workshop is in the Mind
Something To Think About Series #241 Thought of the day from Venerable Robina Courtin
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The Four Opponent Powers - Lawudo Trek (teaching)
The Workshop is in the Mind
Ven. Robina leads the purification practice of the Four Opponent Powers. Lawudo Trek | March 30, 2019 | Lawudo Main Gompa, Solu Khumbu
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Help where you can (STTA 240)
The Workshop is in the Mind
Something To Think About Series #240 Thought of the day from Venerable Robina Courtin
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What can I do to help (STTA 239)
The Workshop is in the Mind
Something To Think About Series #239 Thought of the day from Venerable Robina Courtin
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How to Develop the Unparalleled Levels of Love & Compassion of the Bodhisattva (Part 3 of 3 teaching)
The Workshop is in the Mind
All sentient beings are caught in the trap of suffering in the realms of existence. Bodhicitta is a mind that wishes to free beings from suffering and bring them to the state of enlightenment. A bodhisattva is a person who has that bodhicitta mind, is a practitioner of the enlightenment thought which is the aspiration to achieve complete enlightenment as a perfect Buddha for the benefit of oneself and all other sentient beings. Love and compassion are the forces that motivated all activities of Bodhisattvas. Love is a strong wish that aspires to attain happiness for all sentient beings and...
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No matter how hard things get we can handle it (STTA 238)
The Workshop is in the Mind
Something To Think About Series #238 Thought of the day from Venerable Robina Courtin
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Behave nicely (STTA 237)
The Workshop is in the Mind
Something To Think About Series #237 Thought of the day from Venerable Robina Courtin
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Get out there and do something for others (STTA 236)
The Workshop is in the Mind
Something To Think About Series #236 Thought of the day from Venerable Robina Courtin
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Happiness when the chocolate runs out. Happiness & Its Causes (teaching)
The Workshop is in the Mind
Getting what we want, like delicious chocolate, a great job or a new partner, is our main method for achieving happiness, and we certainly work hard at it! But what if we lose it? Or what if we can’t find it? What then? International Convention Centre, Sydney 2015
info_outlineIf 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.