Ven Robina Courtin – Mahamudra: How to Discover Our True Nature
Join us for this inspiring special event with Venerable Robina Courtin, in which she will share profound teachings on Mahamudra meditation.
According to Buddha’s amazing view about the human mind, we all have so much potential. The very word “buddha” in Tibetan – Sangye – expresses this potential. “Sang” implies the total eradication from our mind of all ego, all fears, attachment, anger, jealousy and other states of mind that cause us so much pain. “Gye” implies the development to perfection of all the goodness within us: love, compassion, wisdom, and confidence.
In Lama Yeshe’s book, Mahamudra: How to Develop Our True Nature, of which Venerable Robina was an editor, Lama Yeshe explains so clearly, so simply, how to get in touch with our natural potential through meditation on the mind itself.
Mahamudra meditation is known for its simplicity and its ability to lead to profound realisation. It reveals skilful methods for directly pointing out the true nature of our mind. The practice is to be genuine, relaxed, and aware. Peaceful and infinitely adaptable, these teachings are as useful for today’s busy world as they have been for centuries.
Lama Yeshe tells us that Mahamudra’s unique characteristic is its emphasis on meditation: “With mahamudra meditation, there is no doctrine, no theology, no philosophy, no God, no Buddha. Mahamudra is only experience.”
Join us on Sunday, 1st September for this special event to discover an introduction to Mahamudra with this incredible teacher.
Venerable Robina Courtin
Venerable Robina Courtin is a Buddhist nun (since the 1970s) in the Tibetan Buddhist Gelugpa tradition and lineage of Lama Thubten Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche. Australian-born, Venerable Robina has a powerhouse personality and is well known for her work with people in prisons through her organisation, the Liberation Prison Project, which brings free Dharma into prisons all around the world
Her life and work are the subject of the award-winning documentary, Chasing Buddha. Now, she teaches full-time around the world at the centres of her teachers’ organisation, the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (FPMT). She is known for her boundless energy, wit, and sharp insight, and her teachings are radiantly clear, direct and compassionate.
We are very fortunate that Venerable Robina has agreed to offer this teaching to our community.
Co-organised with the Contemplative Consciousness Network
This event is co-organised with The Contemplative Consciousness Network (CCN). The CCN, established in 2011, following the teachings of our president Lama B. Alan Wallace, is a charity dedicated to exploring and enhancing human potential and well-being through the study and practice of contemplative consciousness.
Booking & Donations
This event will be live-streamed Zoom. Recordings will be made available. Please book in advance.
There are suggested donations below to help cover our costs, make an offering to Venerable Robina for her kindness, and fundraise for our retreat centre vision for the benefit of all.
However, we firmly believe that financial constraints should never be a barrier to participation. If the suggested amount is beyond your means, please contribute whatever you can — every offering helps us sustain and continue providing our events and courses for the collective good.
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