Everything is a Viewpoint
with Ven. Robina Courtin
Wednesday, October 20, 2021
Thursday October 21, 2021
6:00-7:30pm PDT
Online via Zoom. Registration is required.
All of Buddha’s teachings are based upon the assumption of emptiness, and are leading us to emptiness. This is the unique characteristic of Lord Buddha’s view. One way of describing what Buddha is saying is that everything in our mind is a viewpoint, an opinion, an attitude, an interpretation of the people and things and events that fill our lives.
The delusions in our mind -- the neuroses, the misconceptions, the wrong views, the negative states of mind -- decorate layers upon layers upon layers of characteristics that simply don’t exist, on top of what does exist. Buddha says that all these wrong views are why we suffer. And correcting these views, cultivating the correct views about how things exist, is the method to stop suffering.
Ven. Robina Courtin joins us for two nights unpacking and demystifying emptiness, to see how we can make it experiential and apply to our daily life.
About Ven. Robina Courtin:
Since being ordained as a Buddhist nun in the late 1970s, Ven. Robina has worked full-time 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, and as a touring teacher of Buddhism. Her life and work with prisoners have been featured in the documentary films "Chasing Buddha" and "Key to Freedom."
Thursday October 21, 2021
6:00-7:30pm PDT
Online via Zoom. Registration is required.
All of Buddha’s teachings are based upon the assumption of emptiness, and are leading us to emptiness. This is the unique characteristic of Lord Buddha’s view. One way of describing what Buddha is saying is that everything in our mind is a viewpoint, an opinion, an attitude, an interpretation of the people and things and events that fill our lives.
The delusions in our mind -- the neuroses, the misconceptions, the wrong views, the negative states of mind -- decorate layers upon layers upon layers of characteristics that simply don’t exist, on top of what does exist. Buddha says that all these wrong views are why we suffer. And correcting these views, cultivating the correct views about how things exist, is the method to stop suffering.
Ven. Robina Courtin joins us for two nights unpacking and demystifying emptiness, to see how we can make it experiential and apply to our daily life.
About Ven. Robina Courtin:
Since being ordained as a Buddhist nun in the late 1970s, Ven. Robina has worked full-time 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, and as a touring teacher of Buddhism. Her life and work with prisoners have been featured in the documentary films "Chasing Buddha" and "Key to Freedom."
Registration:
Advanced registration is required. Once you register, the Zoom link will be included on your registration ticket/receipt.
Ordained sangha are always welcome free of charge. No one is turned away for lack of funds. Please email [email protected] to make special arrangements.
Advanced registration is required. Once you register, the Zoom link will be included on your registration ticket/receipt.
Ordained sangha are always welcome free of charge. No one is turned away for lack of funds. Please email [email protected] to make special arrangements.