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The Workshop is in the Mind

English, Buddhism, 94 seasons, 188 episodes, 1 day, 16 hours, 11 minutes
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Venerable Robina Courtin weaves a tapestry of modern Buddhist commentary as she illuminates this ancient spiritual path with humor, wit and intensity. This Buddhist program aims to give every listener an opportunity to ponder some of life’s deepest questions such as: “Why do bad and good things happen? Is it karma? How can I overcome insecurity and start to care deeply for other beings? Can I lessen my depression and fears? Is reincarnation real? What is the mind? Exactly what is enlightenment? A Buddhist nun since the late 1970s, Robina Courtin has worked since then with the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition, a worldwide network of Tibetan Buddhist activities of Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinopche. She has served as editorial director of Wisdom Publications, editor of Mandala magazine, and executive director of Liberation Prison Project. Her life, as well as her work with prisoners, has been featured in the documentary films “Chasing Buddha and Key to Freedom”.
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Fearless Compassion (Part 2 of 2)

The second part of the teaching for the Mahamudra Centre, New Zealand on the bodhisattva path. Features a Q&A with thoughts on guilt; dealing with problems; attachment and aversion; more on the Eight Verses; tonglen; self-cherishing; exchanging self for others; a story about Harry Sutton; the purpose of meditation; single-pointed concentration; emptiness and dependent arising. 6 & 7 November 2020 YouTube
5/19/20242 hours, 14 minutes, 35 seconds
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Fearless Compassion (Part 1 of 2)

Teaching for the Mahamudra Centre, New Zealand about the fearless path of the bodhisattvas. Thoughts include: the need to work on our own mind; taking inspiration from great beings like Geshe Lama Konchog and His Holiness the Dalai Lama; our attachment and aversion; exchanging self for others; Langri Tangpa’s Eight Verses 6 & 7 November 2020 YouTube
5/19/20241 hour, 42 minutes, 6 seconds
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Overcoming Attachment (Part 2 of 2)

Teachings for White Mahakala Study Group, Cluj, Romania. 20 January 2021. YouTube
4/6/20241 hour, 1 minute, 46 seconds
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Overcoming Attachment (Part 1 of 2)

Teachings for Center of White Mahakala Study Group, Cluj, Romania. 20 January 2021. YouTube
4/6/20241 hour, 18 minutes, 2 seconds
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Buddha Is A Cognitive Therapist

Something To Think About Series #99 Thought of the day from Venerable Robina Courtin YouTube
4/6/20242 minutes, 1 second
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You Are Your Own Worst Enemy

Something To Think About Series #98 Thought of the day from Venerable Robina Courtin YouTube
4/6/20241 minute, 50 seconds
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Addiction

Something To Think About Series #97 Thought of the day from Venerable Robina Courtin YouTube
4/6/20242 minutes, 14 seconds
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How To Navigate This Crazy World

Something To Think About Series #96 Thought of the day from Venerable Robina Courtin YouTube
4/6/20242 minutes, 1 second
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Compassion Is Not Enough

Something To Think About Series #95 Thought of the day from Venerable Robina Courtin YouTube
4/6/20241 minute, 32 seconds
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What is Christmas?

Something To Think About Series #93 Thought of the day from Venerable Robina Courtin YouTube
4/6/20241 minute, 32 seconds
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Om Mani Padme Hum

Something To Think About Series #92 Thought of the day from Venerable Robina Courtin YouTube
4/6/20241 minute, 21 seconds
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Is All Suffering Bad?

Something To Think About Series #91 Thought of the day from Venerable Robina Courtin YouTube
4/6/20241 minute, 30 seconds
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Anger and Compassion

Something To Think About Series #90 Thought of the day from Venerable Robina Courtin YouTube
4/6/20242 minutes, 43 seconds
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The Source Of Sanity

Something To Think About Series #89 Thought of the day from Venerable Robina Courtin YouTube
3/25/20242 minutes, 50 seconds
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Enjoy Being The Boss!

Something To Think About Series #88 Thought of the day from Venerable Robina Courtin YouTube
3/25/20241 minute, 58 seconds
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Impermanence

Something To Think About Series #87 Thought of the day from Venerable Robina Courtin YouTube
3/25/20241 minute, 3 seconds
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Worrying About The Future

Something To Think About Series # Thought of the day from Venerable Robina Courtin YouTube
3/25/20241 minute, 47 seconds
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Thanksgiving

Something To Think About Series # Thought of the day from Venerable Robina Courtin YouTube
3/25/20241 minute, 28 seconds
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When You've Been Hurt By Somebody

Something To Think About Series #84 Thought of the day from Venerable Robina Courtin YouTube
3/25/20241 minute, 46 seconds
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Programming Our Mind

Something To Think About Series #83 Thought of the day from Venerable Robina Courtin YouTube
3/25/20242 minutes, 6 seconds
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Old Age

Something To Think About Series #82 Thought of the day from Venerable Robina Courtin YouTube
3/25/20242 minutes, 7 seconds
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Grief and Loss

Something To Think About Series #81 Thought of the day from Venerable Robina Courtin YouTube
3/25/20241 minute, 27 seconds
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Karma Is Like Self-Creation

Something To Think About Series #80 Thought of the day from Venerable Robina Courtin YouTube
3/25/20241 minute, 47 seconds
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Understanding Dependent Arising, the Best Method for Realizing Emptiness (Part 2 of 2)

Teaching at Thubten Norbu Ling Buddhist Center, Santa Fe, NM, USA Sept 3, 2021 HOW TO LOOSEN THE GRIP OF EGO-GRASPING BY UNDERSTANDING DEPENDENT ARISING, THE “KING OF LOGICS” FOR REALIZING EMPTINESS Lama Tsongkhapa writes lyrically about Lord Buddha’s teachings on dependent arising – the “king of logics” to prove emptiness, as Lama Yeshe puts it. With this perfect view, Je Rinpoche says, we can never “fall into the abyss of the great mistake” of nihilism, one of the commonest misconceptions about emptiness. YouTube
3/25/20241 hour, 20 minutes, 48 seconds
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Understanding Dependent Arising, the Best Method for Realizing Emptiness (Part 1)

Teaching at Thubten Norbu Ling Buddhist Center, Santa Fe, NM, USA Sept 3, 2021 HOW TO LOOSEN THE GRIP OF EGO-GRASPING BY UNDERSTANDING DEPENDENT ARISING, THE “KING OF LOGICS” FOR REALIZING EMPTINESS Lama Tsongkhapa writes lyrically about Lord Buddha’s teachings on dependent arising – the “king of logics” to prove emptiness, as Lama Yeshe puts it. With this perfect view, Je Rinpoche says, we can never “fall into the abyss of the great mistake” of nihilism, one of the commonest misconceptions about emptiness. YouTube
3/25/20241 hour, 18 minutes, 41 seconds
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Forgive Yourself

Something To Think About Series #79 Thought of the day from Venerable Robina Courtin YouTube
3/20/20241 minute, 47 seconds
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What Is A Happy Mind?

Something To Think About Series #78 Thought of the day from Venerable Robina Courtin YouTube
3/20/20241 minute, 36 seconds
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Guilt

Something To Think About Series #77 Thought of the day from Venerable Robina Courtin YouTube
3/20/20241 minute, 21 seconds
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We Don’t Have To Have An Opinion

Something To Think About Series #76   Thought of the day from Venerable Robina Courtin   YouTube
3/10/20241 minute, 25 seconds
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The Wish To Go Beyond Yourself

Something To Think About Series #75 Thought of the day from Venerable Robina Courtin YouTube
3/10/20241 minute, 54 seconds
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All Things Love and Relationships (Part 2 of 2)

All Things Life Series (Part 2 of 2) Teachings for Choe Khor Sum Ling Centre, Bangalore, India Recorded August 22, 2021 YouTube
3/10/20241 hour, 5 minutes, 44 seconds
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All Things Mind and Consciousness (Part 1 of 2)

All Things Life Series (Part 1 of 2) Teachings for Choe Khor Sum Ling Centre, Bangalore, India August 15, 2021 YouTube
3/10/20241 hour, 3 seconds
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Paying Our Debts

Something To Think About Series #74 Oct 2021 YouTube
2/13/20242 minutes, 18 seconds
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Generosity

Something To Think About Series #73 Oct 10, 2021 YouTube
2/13/20242 minutes, 1 second
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Find The External Conditions That Nourish The Better Part Of Yourself

Something To Think About Series #72, Oct 3, 2021 YouTube
2/13/20242 minutes, 4 seconds
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You've Got To Know What You Can Handle

Something To Think About Series #71, Sept 30, 2021 YouTube
2/13/20242 minutes, 11 seconds
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Your Mind Is A Mirror

Something To Think About Series #70 YouTube Learn techniques to reframe situations and attitudes in order to increase physical and mental well being. Accessible, entry level class.
2/13/20241 minute, 36 seconds
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Buddha's Approach On Changing Your Mind

Be Your Own Therapist Series Teaching at Thubten Norbu Ling Buddhist Center, Jan 18, 2020 YouTube Learn techniques to reframe situations and attitudes in order to increase physical and mental well being. Accessible, entry level class.  
2/13/20241 hour, 1 minute, 38 seconds
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Buddha Nature And Your Mind's Potential

Be Your Own Therapist Series Teachings at Thubten Norbu Ling Buddhist Center, January 11, 2020 YouTube Learn techniques to reframe situations and attitudes in order to increase physical and mental well being. Accessible, entry level class.
2/5/202458 minutes, 39 seconds
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Everything is a Viewpoint (Part 1 of 2)

01:27:56 | 20 October 2021 Teachings for Tse Chen Ling Tibetan Buddhist Centre, San Francisco, USA. YouTube
2/2/20241 hour, 27 minutes, 56 seconds
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Everything Is A Viewpoint (Part 2 of 2)

01:23:06 | 21 October 2021 Teachings for Tse Chen Ling Tibetan Buddhist Centre, San Francisco, USA. YouTube
2/2/20241 hour, 23 minutes, 6 seconds
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When We Know The Benefit, We Want To Make The Effort (STTA69)

Something To Think About Series #69 00:01:59 | Sept 21, 2021 YouTube
2/1/20242 minutes
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Greet The Problem (STTA68)

Something To Think About Series #68 00:02:07 | Sept 21, 2021 YouTube
2/1/20242 minutes, 7 seconds
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Control Your Speech (STTA67)

Something To Think About Series #67 00:02:30 | Sept 16, 2021 YouTube
2/1/20242 minutes, 30 seconds
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Compassion For Others, Compassion For Ourselves (STTA66)

Something To Think About Series #66 00:01:27 | Sept 9, 2021 YouTube
2/1/20242 minutes, 31 seconds
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Attachment (Oct 18, 2020)

Be Your Own Therapist Series 00:54:08 | Oct 18, 2020 YouTube Learn techniques to reframe situations and attitudes in order to increase physical and mental well being. Accessible, entry level class. Teachings at Thubten Norbu Ling Buddhist Center
1/23/202454 minutes, 8 seconds
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When Things Go Well, We Can’t Stand That It Might Change (STTA65)

Something To Think About Series #65 Santa Fe, NM, USA 00:01:49 | Sept 3, 2021 YouTube
1/22/20241 minute, 49 seconds
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Be Your Own Therapist Series (10112020)

Be Your Own Therapist 00:57:07 | Oct 11, 2020 YouTube Learn techniques to reframe situations and attitudes in order to increase physical and mental well being. Accessible, entry level class. Teachings at Thubten Norbu Ling Buddhist Center
1/22/202457 minutes, 7 seconds
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When We See Suffering, It Drags Us Down (STTA64)

Something To Think About Series #64 Santa Fe, NM, USA 00:01:51 | Sept 21, 2021 YouTube
1/12/20241 minute, 51 seconds
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Things Change (STTA63)

Something To Think About Series #63 00:02:01 | Aug 24, 2021 YouTube
1/12/20242 minutes, 25 seconds
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Medicine Buddha Mantra For Suffering People Everywhere (STTA62)

Something To Think About Series #62 Santa Fe, NM, USA 00:02:01 | Aug 19, 2021 YouTube
1/12/20242 minutes, 1 second
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When We Don’t Get Approval, We Assume We’re A Failure (STTA61)

Something To Think About Series #61 00:01:56 | Aug 17, 2021 YouTube
1/12/20241 minute, 57 seconds
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Happiness - Part 2 of 2 (STTA60)

Something To Think About Series #60 Santa Fe, NM, USA 00:01:57 | Aug 14, 2021 YouTube
1/11/20241 minute, 58 seconds
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Happiness - Part 1 of 2 (SSTA59)

Something To Think About Series #59 Santa Fe, NM, USA 00:02:04 | Aug 9, 2021 YouTube
1/11/20242 minutes, 4 seconds
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What Is Activism? (STTA58)

Something To Think About Series #58 Santa Fe, NM, USA 00:01:31 | Aug 5, 2021 YouTube
1/11/20241 minute, 31 seconds
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How Can We Make Other People Less Lonely? (STTA57)

Something To Think About Series #57 Santa Fe, NM, USA 00:01:38 | July 30, 2021 YouTube
1/11/20241 minute, 38 seconds
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The Antidotes To Loneliness

Something To Think About Series #56 Santa Fe, NM, USA 00:01:51 | April 21, 2021 YouTube
1/10/20241 minute, 51 seconds
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Loneliness (2)

Something To Think About Series #55 Santa Fe, NM, USA 00:02:20 | July 24, 2021 YouTube
1/10/20242 minutes, 20 seconds
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Loneliness (1)

Something To Think About Series #54 Santa Fe, NM, USA 00:02:07 | July 21, 2021 YouTube
1/10/20242 minutes, 7 seconds
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Everything's Impermanent

Something To Think About Series #53 Santa Fe, NM, USA 00:01:27 | July16, 2021 YouTube
1/10/20241 minute, 46 seconds
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Compassion With Strength And Iron

Something To Think About Series #52 Santa Fe, NM, USA 00:01:27 | July 11, 2021 YouTube
1/10/20241 minute, 35 seconds
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We're A Work Progress

Something To Think About Series #51 Santa Fe, NM, USA 00:01:40 | July 6, 2021 YouTube
1/10/20241 minute, 40 seconds
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Remember To Offer

Something To Think About Series #50 Santa Fe, NM, USA 00:01:22 | July 2, 2021 YouTube
1/10/20241 minute, 22 seconds
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Our Mind Is Naturally Pure

Something To Think About Series #49 Santa Fe, NM, USA 00:01:48 | June 28, 2021  YouTube
1/10/20241 minute, 48 seconds
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The Wisdom Wing And The Compassion Wing

Something To Think About Series #48 Santa Fe, NM, USA 00:01:29 | June 24, 2021 YouTube
1/9/20241 minute, 29 seconds
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Karma Is Self-Creation

Something To Think About Series #47 Santa Fe, NM, USA 00:02:14 | June 21, 2021 YouTube
1/8/20242 minutes, 14 seconds
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Things Are Not Set In Stone

Something To Think About Series #46 Santa Fe, NM, USA 00:02:07 | June 16, 2021 YouTube
1/8/20242 minutes, 7 seconds
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Don't Put Things Off

Something To Think About Series #45 Santa Fe, NM, USA 00:01:44 | June 10, 2021 YouTube
8/19/20231 minute, 45 seconds
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The Mind Functions Like a Mirror

Something To Think About Series #44 Santa Fe, NM, USA 00:01:44 | June 8, 2021 YouTube
8/19/20231 minute, 45 seconds
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Divine Pride

Something To Think About Series #43 Santa Fe, NM, USA 00:02:46 | June 6, 2021 YouTube
8/19/20232 minutes, 47 seconds
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Always Aspire to do What's Most Beneficial

Something To Think About Series #42 Santa Fe, NM, USA 00:01:23 | June 2, 2021 YouTube
8/19/20231 minute, 24 seconds
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We've Got to Learn to be Content

Something To Think About Series #41 Santa Fe, NM, USA 00:01:38 | May 31, 2021 YouTube
8/19/20231 minute, 39 seconds
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What is Meditation?

Something To Think About Series #40 00:02:03 | Mar 27, 2021 YouTube
8/19/20232 minutes, 4 seconds
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When We Understand Our Own Mind We Can Have Compassion for Others

Something To Think About Series #39 Santa Fe, NM, USA 00:01:20 | May 25, 2021 YouTube
8/14/20231 minute, 21 seconds
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Anxiety

Something To Think About Series #38 Santa Fe, NM, USA 00:02:03 | May 19, 2021 YouTube
8/14/20232 minutes, 4 seconds
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We’re Not Stuck With the Mind We’re Born With

Something To Think About Series #37 Santa Fe, NM, USA 00:01:43 | May 15, 2021 YouTube
8/14/20231 minute, 44 seconds
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Patience

Something To Think About Series #36 Santa Fe, NM, USA 00:01:38 | May 11, 2021 YouTube
8/14/20231 minute, 39 seconds
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We Need to Rejoice in Our Good Qualities

Something To Think About Series #35 Santa Fe, NM, USA 00:01:27 | May 05, 2021 YouTube
8/13/20231 minute, 56 seconds
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Perseverance

Something To Think About Series #34 00:01:50 | April 28, 2021 YouTube
8/13/20231 minute, 51 seconds
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When We Live in Denial There is More Fear

Something To Think About Series #33 Santa Fe, NM, USA 00:01:27 | April 21, 2021 YouTube
8/13/20231 minute, 27 seconds
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The Mantra of Tara

Something To Think About Series #32 Santa Fe, NM, USA 00:01:52 | April 17, 2021 YouTube
7/23/20231 minute, 52 seconds
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Medicine Buddha Mantra

Something To Think About Series #31 YouTube
7/23/20231 minute, 19 seconds
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Never Give Up

Something To Think About Series #30 YouTube
7/22/20231 minute, 26 seconds
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Death Is A Powerful Wake-up Call

Something To Think About Series #29 YouTube
7/22/20231 minute, 32 seconds
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If You Work On Your Own Mind, You Become More Courageous

Something To Think About Series #28 YouTube
7/22/20231 minute, 41 seconds
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The Difference Between Attachment and Love

Something To Think About Series #26 YouTube
7/22/20232 minutes, 2 seconds
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If You Want to Benefit Yourself and Others, Practice Compassion

Something To Think About Series #27 YouTube
7/21/20232 minutes, 5 seconds
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Be Your Own Therapist (May 3, 2021)

Learn techniques to reframe situations and attitudes, in order to increase physical and mental well being. An accessible, entry-level, discussion-based class. Questions are most welcome. 54:23 | Teachings at Thubten Norbu Ling Buddhist Center.  YouTube
10/11/202154 minutes, 28 seconds
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Controlling our Thoughts / Medicine Buddha

Express Meditation series. Start the day with your mind pointed in positive direction. YouTube 30:49 | Teachings at Thubten Norbu Ling Buddhist Center. 
9/22/202130 minutes, 50 seconds
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We’ve Got To Have The Courage To Become Our Own Person

Something To Think About Series #25 YouTube
9/18/20211 minute, 48 seconds
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It’s Good To See The Fault, But Learn Not To Add Anger

Something To Think About Series #24 YouTube
9/18/20212 minutes, 3 seconds
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Low Self-Esteem

Something To Think About Series #23 YouTube
9/18/20212 minutes, 1 second
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Learn To See What’s Going On In The Thoughts That Underpin Our Emotions

Something To Think About Series #22 YouTube
9/18/20211 minute, 33 seconds
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We Can Mould Our Mind Into Any Shape We Like

Something To Think About Series #21 YouTube
9/18/20211 minute, 39 seconds
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Form and Emptiness

Venerable uses a variety of metaphors to clarify one of the most perplexing phrases in all of Buddhism. 11:14 | Extracted from "Karma and Emptiness" teaching hosted by Maitripa College (Portland, Oregon, USA) Full teaching: YouTube
9/9/202111 minutes, 15 seconds
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If Someone Steals From You, Decide You've Given It

Something To Think About Series #20 YouTube
8/30/20211 minute, 1 second
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Compassion

Something To Think About Series #19 YouTube 
8/30/20211 minute, 23 seconds
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The Bird Needs Two Wings: Wisdom And Compassion

Something To Think About Series #18 YouTube
8/30/20211 minute, 24 seconds
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Start Believing The Good Voices

Something To Think About Series #17 YouTube
8/30/20211 minute, 59 seconds
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We Need To Own Our Amazing Qualities

Something To Think About Series #16 YouTube
8/30/20211 minute, 27 seconds
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Four Mantras

Something To Think About Series #15 YouTube  
8/30/20211 minute, 33 seconds
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We Have The Potential To Control Our Thoughts

Something To Think About Series #14 YouTube
8/30/20212 minutes, 3 seconds
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Try To See Something From Another Point Of View

Something To Think About Series #13 YouTube
8/30/20211 minute, 50 seconds
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We Need To Taste Our Own Potential

Something To Think About Series #12 YouTube
8/30/20212 minutes, 7 seconds
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The Dirt Has To Come Out

Something To Think About Series #11 YouTube
8/29/20211 minute, 24 seconds
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Express Meditation - Concentration

Start the day with your mind pointed in positive direction. 30:35 | Teachings at Thubten Norbu Ling Buddhist Center. 
8/2/202130 minutes, 36 seconds
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Express Meditation - Green Tara

Start the day with your mind pointed in positive direction. 31:53 | Teachings at Thubten Norbu Ling Buddhist Center. 
8/2/202131 minutes, 54 seconds
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Something to Think About 10: If we can own what is in front of us, we can be much more courageous

Thought of the day from Venerable Robina Courtin YouTube
7/12/20211 minute, 37 seconds
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Something to Think About 09: Have the courage to do what is most beneficial

Thought of the day from Venerable Robina Courtin YouTube
7/12/20211 minute, 56 seconds
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Something to Think About 08: You can’t change the action, but you can purify the results

Thought of the day from Venerable Robina Courtin YouTube
7/12/20211 minute, 46 seconds
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Something to Think About 07: The difference between guilt and regret

Thought of the day from Venerable Robina Courtin YouTube
7/12/20211 minute, 59 seconds
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Something to Think About 06: Changing the stories in our head

Thought of the day from Venerable Robina Courtin YouTube
7/12/20211 minute, 40 seconds
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Express Meditation - Finding the I Meditation

Start the day with your mind pointed in positive direction. 27:24 | Teachings at Thubten Norbu Ling Buddhist Center. 
7/9/202127 minutes, 25 seconds
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Be Your Own Therapist (Jun 6, 2021)

Learn techniques to reframe situations and attitudes, in order to increase physical and mental well being. 57:54 | Teachings at Thubten Norbu Ling Buddhist Center. 
7/9/202157 minutes, 55 seconds
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Something to Think About 05: See it from another point of view

Thought of the day from Venerable Robina Courtin YouTube
7/4/20211 minute, 40 seconds
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Something to Think About 04: Thank you for showing me how not to be

Thought of the day from Venerable Robina Courtin YouTube
7/4/20211 minute, 38 seconds
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Something to Think About 03: Mantras Benefit You and Benefit Others

Thought of the day from Venerable Robina Courtin YouTube
7/4/20211 minute, 35 seconds
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Something to Think About 02: Giving up Attachment and Aversion

Thought of the day from Venerable Robina Courtin. YouTube
6/30/20211 minute, 23 seconds
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Something to Think About 01: Everybody in the Universe is Kind

Thought of the day from Venerable Robina Courtin. YouTube
6/30/20211 minute, 23 seconds
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Getting a Grip on Our Actions

At first, we don’t recognize any problem with negative habits, like harmful speech. We need to develop an awareness of how our actions can affect others. Then we can see how those actions create our own experience.  9:14 | Extracted from "The Power of Speech" teachings on July 27, 2020 at Land of Medicine Buddha Soquel, CA. Full teaching: Audio Video
5/25/20219 minutes, 15 seconds
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Developing a Heart of Compassion

The Mahayana path targets our basic selfishness, or self-cherishing. Gradually, by understanding our interdependence, we can learn to put others first.  13:57 | Extracted from "Courageous Compassion" teachings on Dec 9, 2020 at Gonpo Ludup Laguna Beach, CA. Full teaching: Audio Video
4/16/202113 minutes, 58 seconds
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Concentration Requires Technique

Calm Abiding, or concentration, is essential for understanding emptiness. For concentration, we need several special qualities operating together. 14:31 | Extracted from "The Six Perfections" teachings on Jan 31, 2021 at Thubten Kunga Ling. Full teaching: Audio Video
3/30/202114 minutes, 32 seconds
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Getting Rid of Negative Karma

We need to counteract negative states of mind with effective purification practice. Purification starts with the four R’s: Regret, Reliance, Remedy and Resolve. 07:42 | Extracted from "Living With Uncertainty" teachings on Aug 15, 2020 at Langri Tangpa Buddhist Centre Brisbane. Full teaching: Video
3/3/20217 minutes, 43 seconds
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Source of Samsara and Nirvana

We might have a belief about how happiness and suffering emanate from “out there.” We don’t recognize our own minds’ role in our own happiness and suffering. That’s being a “Samsara-ist.”  11:57 | Extracted from "Samsara and Nirvana" teachings on Jan 12-17, 2021 at Shantideva Center - Brooklyn, New York. Full teaching: Video
2/17/202111 minutes, 58 seconds
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Getting Ready for ‘Thought Transformation’

To practice compassion we need to subdue habitual selfishness. First, we need to understand some Buddhist psychology about the sources of suffering. Then, with wisdom, we become a suitable vessel for various Bodhisattva practices. 18:22 | Extracted from "Cultivating Happiness" teachings on Sep 11, 2020 at Vajrayana Institute Sydney. Full teaching: Video
2/3/202118 minutes, 23 seconds
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The Very Heart of Suffering

Misconceptions cause incredible suffering. We can correct these misconceptions through a path of inquiry to get to the root of the problem. This inquiry leads us to the topic of emptiness. 19:17 | Extracted from "Living With Uncertainty" teachings on Aug 15, 2020 at Langri Tangpa Buddhist Centre Brisbane. Full teaching: Video
1/20/202119 minutes, 18 seconds
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Compassion Needs Wisdom

Sometimes we stick our noses in when it is not appropriate. We think that’s compassion, but it’s just coming from your own attachment. Wisdom sometimes means you leave people alone, especially when they aren’t open to your help. 7:41 | Extracted from "Living With Uncertainty" teachings on Aug 8, 2020 at Langri Tangpa Buddhist Centre Brisbane. Full teaching: Audio
1/7/20217 minutes, 42 seconds
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A quick look at the Two Truths

Here is a quick overview and some definitions that help us understand the different ways things exist. 9:35 | Extracted from "How to Discover Our True Nature" teaching hosted by Zopa Noble Park Buddhists (Melbourne, Australia) Full teaching: Audio.
12/22/20209 minutes, 36 seconds
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Internal and external energy

Body and mind make up essential parts of being and they are interdependent. Disturbances of mental energy can affect the health of the body. 3:46 | Extracted from "How to Discover Our True Nature" teaching hosted by Zopa Noble Park Buddhists (Melbourne, Australia) Full teaching: Audio.
12/22/20203 minutes, 57 seconds
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Start with Your Own Suffering - Be Your Own Therapist series

At first, we practice and study to address our own suffering. We accomplish that by analyzing our actions, words and thoughts. Look to see how attachment, anger and various mistaken views mess us up.    13:37 | Extracted from "Be Your Own Therapist (Oct 18, 2020)" teachings at Thubten Norbu Ling Buddhist Center. Full teaching: Audio  Video.
12/8/202013 minutes, 38 seconds
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Be Your Own Therapist (Oct 11, 2020) - Personal Power

Can Buddhist training help develop self-esteem, confidence and personal power? 4:16 | Extracted from "Be Your Own Therapist (Oct 11, 2020)" teachings at Thubten Norbu Ling Buddhist Center. Full teaching: Audio Video.    
11/24/20204 minutes, 17 seconds
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Be Your Own Therapist (Oct 11, 2020) - Calm Abiding

Is this what is sometimes called “Calm Abiding” meditation? 3:48 | Extracted from "Be Your Own Therapist (Oct 11, 2020)" teachings at Thubten Norbu Ling Buddhist Center. Full teaching: Audio Video.  
11/24/20203 minutes, 49 seconds
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Be Your Own Therapist (Oct 11, 2020) - Mahamudra

A style of practice called Mahamudra meditation looks at the mind without getting caught up in thoughts. Ven. Robina describes the technique in introductory detail, dispelling misconceptions and elucidating its purpose. 40:21 | Extracted from "Be Your Own Therapist (10-11-2020)" teachings at Thubten Norbu Ling Buddhist Center. Full teaching: Audio Video.  
11/24/202040 minutes, 22 seconds
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The Path to Wisdom

The Lam Rim, or "Gradual Path” teachings provide a reliable sequence of contemplations that help us clarify our intentions. 17:05 | Extracted from "Finding Freedom and Ultimate Happiness" teachings given Aug 3, 2019 at Ocean of Compassion (Gyalwa Gyatso) Buddhist Center. Full teaching here.
11/11/202017 minutes, 6 seconds
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Four Noble Truths

17:26 | Extracted from "Karma, Morality & Happiness" on Lawudo Trek 2019. Full teaching here.
10/28/202017 minutes, 27 seconds
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Medicine Buddha Meditation

The practice begins with a visualization, described in vivid detail. Next we add the sound of the mantra. Reflect that all beings want happiness equally. Additional stages of this visualization makes this practice a profound tool for transformation. 8:05 | Extracted from "Fireside Chat with Ven. Robina" at Jamyang Buddhist Centre London. Full teaching here.
10/1/20208 minutes, 6 seconds
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What We Perceive

Sensory consciousness and mental consciousnesses do different things. Unraveling them we see that the senses are rather limited. It is the mental consciousness that creates mental judgments and opinions. 6:58 | Extracted from "Buddhist Psychology Part 1 with Ven. Robina" on Lawudo Trek 2019. Full teaching here.
9/15/20206 minutes, 59 seconds
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Does rapid change always bring suffering?

How can we learn to work with impermanence, or rapid change, which seems so difficult? Buddha taught that rapid change is normal. It is our clinging fear of change that actually causes our suffering. 12:55 | Extracted from "Fireside Chat with Ven. Robina" at Jamyang Buddhist Centre London. Full teaching here.
9/1/202012 minutes, 56 seconds
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What about emptiness?

Our strong grasping that we exist independently, intrinsically from our own side, is actually completely mistaken. Ven. Robina breaks it down with precise definitions and relevant context. 10:23 | Extracted from "Subatomic (Dependent Arising is in the Details)" teachings given at Thubten Norbu Ling Buddhist Center. Full teaching here.
8/18/202010 minutes, 24 seconds
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Subatomic (Dependent Arising is in the Details)

Dependent Arising? Emptiness? Details? How do we utilize these concepts in our every day life? 11:43 | Extracted from "Subatomic (Dependent Arising is in the Details)" teachings given at Thubten Norbu Ling Buddhist Center. Full teaching here.
8/6/202011 minutes, 44 seconds
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Anger: Friend or Foe?

Buddhism looks at anger with real precision. Consider how the angry mind seethes. It drives you crazy with depression and frustration. It distorts the way everything appears. 09:08 | Extracted from "Taste of Buddhism - Be Your Own Therapist with Ven. Robina Courtin" teachings given at Tse Chen Ling Center for Tibetan Buddhist Studies. Full teaching here.
7/21/20209 minutes, 9 seconds
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Disturbing Emotions

All suffering comes from our non-virtues. So, the first level of practice is to work on my own actions, my body, speech and mind. 04:00 | Extracted from "Enlightenment and Peace Are They Possible" teaching given at Maitripa College April 18, 2020.  Full teaching here.
7/7/20204 minutes
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Anger and Political Activism

When it comes to activism, people think you need anger because it feels so noble. But anger exaggerates everything. It distorts complex situations. Anger makes you feel strong love this and strong hate for that. As an activist you would burn out very quickly.  17:57| Extracted from "Activism and Empathy" teaching given at Maitripa College April 17, 2020. Full teaching here.
6/30/202017 minutes, 58 seconds
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How to Understand Suffering

In the Four Noble Truths, the Buddha explained the inner workings of our own fear, anxiety and jealousy. 12:15 | Extracted from "Managing Your Mind in Difficult Times" teachings given at Maitripa College. Full teaching here.  
6/16/202012 minutes, 16 seconds
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Concentration – A Practice of Mental Attention

When we develop this skill, we see what’s happening in the mind. A focused awareness, along with mindfulness and alertness, create a strong and stable mind. 16:20| Extracted from "Managing Your Mind in Difficult Times" teachings given at Maitripa College. Full teaching here.
6/2/202016 minutes, 21 seconds
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Grow Your Own Virtue

We can counteract our negative attitudes. Rejoice in your good conditions and recognize the virtue in any situation. This drowns out the heavy delusions and their suffering. 6:05 | Extracted from "How To Approach Our Fear of Missing Out" teachings given at Buddhist Society of Western Australia. Full teaching here.
5/19/20206 minutes, 6 seconds
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How Karma Works

Let’s look at the mechanics behind the natural law of cause and effect: karma. Everything we think, do, or say, is the process of programming ourselves, sowing seeds that will produce our future experiences. 12:57 | Extracted from teachings given at Buddhist Society of Victoria on Aug 18, 2018. Full teaching here.
5/5/202012 minutes, 58 seconds
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Buddha's Model of the Mind

14:38 | Extracted from teachings given at Ocean of Compassion (Gyalwa Gyatso) Buddhist Center August 18, 2017. Full teaching here.
4/21/202014 minutes, 39 seconds
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Let’s look at the subtle mind

The Buddha taught in ancient India when many great masters developed various disciplines of mental awareness. As we practice awareness in meditation, we observe how the sensory consciousness and cognitive process unfolds to the inner experiencer. This opens up a deeper familiarity with the mind, thus allowing us to step out of our self-imposed mundane storyline and imagine different ways of being. 16:36 | Extracted from "Taste of Buddhism - Be Your Own Therapist with Ven. Robina Courtin" teachings given at Tse Chen Ling Center for Tibetan Buddhist Studies. Full teaching here.
4/7/202016 minutes, 37 seconds
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Karma, Kindness and Covid-19 (includes Green Tara Meditation)

Everything that appears “out there” can be considered our own projection, or karmic appearance. That is, how we view the Covid-19 will largely depend on our attachments, our mental habits and expectations. One practice that His Holiness the Dalai Lama recommends during this time of pandemic, is the Green Tara practice and mantra recitation. 12:22 | Extracted from “Buddhist perspective on how to think about the outbreak” teachings given at Jamyang Buddhist Centre London. Full teaching here.
3/24/202012 minutes, 23 seconds
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Green Tara Meditation - What to Practice During a Pandemic

One practice that His Holiness the Dalai Lama recommends during this time of pandemic, is the Green Tara practice and mantra recitation. 6:39 | Extracted from “Buddhist perspective on how to think about the outbreak” teachings given at Jamyang Buddhist Centre London. Full teaching here.
3/24/20206 minutes, 40 seconds
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The Lies Within

On the deepest level, attachment and ego-grasping make us miserable. They leave us wanting and craving approval from the outside world. We believe we are nothing unless someone notices us, talks to us, praises us, etc. Look beneath one’s sadness and you might see some internalized anger projecting a broad feeling of hollow neediness. Look carefully at those dynamics and challenge these default thought patterns. Instead, consider your own, sublime potential. Identify with those amazing qualities and you are on the path! 9:24 | Extracted from "How To Approach Our Fear of Missing Out" teachings given at Buddhist Society of Western Australia. Full teaching here.
3/10/20209 minutes, 25 seconds
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Mindfulness and the doorway to mental exploration

Mindfulness is merely the skill to place one’s attention without wavering. It is only one part of the whole package of skills we develop along the path. Buddhist psychology requires curiosity into thoughts, consciousness and the whole system of suffering and happiness. For that, we need to get the teachings on the mind. Then we can use mindfulness to verify those findings. 19:36 | Extracted from "How to love your problems January 2017" teachings given at Yeshe Norbu Mind Training Center. Full teaching here.
2/25/202019 minutes, 37 seconds
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Purification to Bless One’s Speech

Following these instructions will purify how you relate to the world through your ability to speak. This brief ceremony protects us from creating an awful mess by saying fooling and harmful things. Practicing this profound aspect of Buddha’s perfect conduct imbues us with new abilities to always speak truthfully, skillfully and carefully. 12:16 | Extracted from "Deconstructing Emotions Retreat" teachings given at Thubten Norbu Ling Tibetan Buddhist Center January 29-31. Full teaching here.
2/11/202012 minutes, 17 seconds
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Healthy Thoughts about Death and Dying

Buddha taught this topic in a way that breaks through our usual attitudes about death. We have so much fear, regret and terror about death. We can overcome these by contemplating the certainty of death, that the time of death is uncertain and that at the time of death, nothing can be of benefit except for the imprints for ethical living. 11:28 | Extracted from "Deconstructing Emotions Retreat" teachings given at Thubten Norbu Ling Tibetan Buddhist Center January 29-31. Full teaching here.
1/28/202011 minutes, 29 seconds
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Buddha’s Logic of Love

When we are talking, joking and caring for each other, that’s love. We are interdependent beings and when we act within that worldview, our natural default is peace, love and compassion.  When we get irritated, however, a separate sense of an “I” stands out, and the “we” is split in half. This worldview contradicts the reality of interdependence and  results in conflict and despair. 3:53 | Extracted from "Deconstruction Emotions Retreat" teachings given at Thubten Norbu Ling Tibetan Buddhist Center January 29-31. Full teaching here.
12/5/20193 minutes, 54 seconds
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The Heart Sutra: A Glimpse of Freedom from Ego-Grasping

By understanding emptiness - that there's nothing intrinsic in anything - we can slowly loosen the grip of ego-grasping and begin to develop our marvellous potential for clarity, contentment, love and the other qualities that Lord Buddha says are innate within us. 17:40 | Extracted from teachings given at Jamyang Buddhist Group March 2017. Full teaching here.
11/20/201917 minutes, 41 seconds
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Four Noble Truths

To understand the whole purpose of Buddha’s teachings, we can learn and internalize the Four Noble Truths.  The Buddha challenges us to consider that suffering can indeed end.  The implications are huge. 17:32 | Extracted from teachings given at Chenrezig Institute, April 4, 2013. Full teaching here.
10/17/201917 minutes, 33 seconds
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Emotional Detox Takes Patience And Insight - Part 2 or 2

The Buddhist approach to anger is to understand these feelings in their widest context. We get angry when we don’t get what we want. So, first, we use patience, not in a passive-aggressive way, but to create some space and avoid acting out. We use that time to break down the causes for our own particular anger. New understanding can drain the power out of those toxic emotions.   24:43 | Full teaching here
10/1/201924 minutes, 44 seconds
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Wisdom and Compassion Starts with Concentration - Part 1 of 2

There are special skills we develop on the path. Rather than focusing on the external world, we learn to pay attention to the internal landscapes of our mind. At first, it might seem these crazy thoughts are unworkable. But slowly, with skill and work, we learn how to see, and eventually change our minds. 23:01 | Full teaching here
9/17/201923 minutes, 2 seconds
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What is a ‘mind?’

There are subtle levels of cognition that help us understand who we are in vivid detail.  But we have to get familiar with what we mean by “mind,” or “mind stream.” Buddha says “mind” is an experienced result from previous moments going back in time. And he challenges us to explore the mind, to ascertain how our senses and thoughts create positive, negative, and neutral experiences, habits and propensities. This is a radical discovery.  25:58 | Extracted from teachings given by Ven. Robina on the 2017 Lawudo Trek - Stillness Beyond Samsara, April 04, 2017.  Full teaching here
9/4/201925 minutes, 59 seconds
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Congratulations! You have a mind

The Buddhist path is primarily concerned with working with one’s own mind. Why? Because that’s the source of all our suffering. 2:44 | Extracted from "When the Chocolate Runs Out" teachings given at Ocean of Compassion (Gyalwa Gyatso) Buddhist Center, August 18, 2017. Full teaching here
8/20/20192 minutes, 45 seconds
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Attachment and the Cure (Being Fearless in a Fearful World – Part 3 of 3)

On a deep level, we all have an intuitive craving or attachment. This frantic junkie mind gets reinforced with fear and hunger and drives us to suffering. We can learn to identify it and work with it over time to reduce it. This is the job of the Buddhist. 11:19 | Extracted from teachings given at Vajrayana Institute, September 22, 2017. Full teaching here.
8/13/201911 minutes, 20 seconds
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Buddha’s Deep Psychology (Being Fearless in a Fearful World – Part 2 of 3)

“Know your own mind,” sums up the Buddhist view. Consider the Buddha’s view that the mind is the root cause for both pleasant and unpleasant emotions. We might not be able to change difficult external things, but we can change how we internally process things in the present. Rather than blame the outside world for our troubles, look at what we can change. That’s the Buddha’s cognitive therapy.   20:52| Extracted from teachings given at Vajrayana Institute, September 22, 2017. Full teaching here.
7/30/201920 minutes, 53 seconds
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Thought Training to Build Compassion (Cultivating Emotional Awareness Part XIII)

These steps lead through a counter-intuitive, courageous and altruistic state of mind. By contemplating these eight stanzas, we expand our capacity to understand a new perspective on suffering. We replace narrow selfishness with love for countless others. 20:16 | This is part of a series of talks given at the Himalayan Buddhist Meditation Center in Kathmandu, Nepal, on April 5-7, 2019. Full teaching here (Session 7)
7/18/201920 minutes, 17 seconds
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Karmic Purification (Cultivating Emotional Awareness Part XI)

If you look honestly at your mind, you will see anger, irritation, or craving. These negative mental states are called disturbing emotions because they do just that, disturb our well-being and get in the way of real practice. How does Buddha address this?  He laid out four simple steps to purify negative karma. The four stages are Regret, Refuge, Remediation and Resolve. Take care of your own karma first, then you can open your potential for a much larger sense of compassion.  23:39 | This is part of a series of talks given at the Himalayan Buddhist Meditation Center in Kathmandu, Nepal, on April 5-7, 2019. Full teaching here (Session 6)
7/2/201923 minutes, 40 seconds
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What Meditation Is Not - Cultivating Emotional Awareness Part IX

Be careful about what you expect from meditation. It’s not a magic pill that will suddenly make you happy. We learn meditation to familiarize ourselves with our own minds. To clear out the trash. It takes exertion and diligence to learn proper stability meditation technique.  This is part of a series of talks given at the Himalayan Buddhist Meditation Center in Kathmandu, Nepal, on April 5-7, 2019. Full teaching here (Session 4)
6/25/20195 minutes, 56 seconds
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Where Mindfulness Really Pays Off - Cultivating Emotional Awareness Part X

Attending to the little things throughout the day, we can be aware of our subtle mental disturbances. That way we can deal with things as they come up. We identify what they are, and we talk ourselves through it. We get used to working with adversity.  So when the big things come, we will suffer, but we won’t lose our direction. This is part of a series of talks given at the Himalayan Buddhist Meditation Center in Kathmandu, Nepal, on April 5-7, 2019. Full teaching here (Session 5)
6/25/20196 minutes, 31 seconds
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Courage to Evolve - Cultivating Emotional Awareness Part VIII

The Buddha asks us to take responsibility for our own situation. That’s tough when it comes to suffering. It’s easy to slip into a victim mentality, blaming everyone but ourselves. Rather, muster the courage to make our own decisions based on a solid understanding of reality, so you can increase your virtuous qualities. That’s what we learn in Junior School. This is part of a series of talks given at the Himalayan Buddhist Meditation Center in Kathmandu, Nepal, on April 5-7, 2019. Full teaching here (Session 4)
6/18/201910 minutes, 40 seconds
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Why Do Good Things Happen? (Cultivating Emotional Awareness – Part VII)

We feel a sense of entitlement about “deserving” happiness. But it’s more practical to look at our own craving and learn from it. Self-pity can impair our ability to access that information and use it to grow the true causes of happiness.  This is part of a series of talks given at the Himalayan Buddhist Meditation Center in Kathmandu, Nepal, on April 5-7, 2019. Full teaching here (Session 3)
6/11/201919 minutes, 44 seconds
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Cultivating Emotional Awareness – Part VI (Overcoming Habitual Ruin)

When we cultivate habits of awareness, we discover the causes of our deepest hurt.  The regular, worldly awareness mostly ruminates about the past and frets about the future. Check your own mind. These are the habits of ego-clinging, seeing yourself as distinctly separate from all others. However, awareness of the present reveals this impoverished and lonely “I” as a mere conceptualization, part of an interdependent and dynamic process, mostly created by habit. This is part of a series of talks given at the Himalayan Buddhist Meditation Center in Kathmandu, Nepal, on April 5-7, 2019. Full teaching here.
5/28/201913 minutes, 19 seconds
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Cultivating Emotional Awareness – Part V (Toxic Emotions)

Our deeply-ingrained mental habits help feed a profound sense of dissatisfaction. That’s what Buddha calls suffering, or samsara. This emotional hunger, or craving, we call attachment. When attachment doesn’t get what it wants, then we experience anger. If we break down the karmic steps in the situation, we can see how our mental precursors can be reversed. This is part of a series of talks given at the Himalayan Buddhist Meditation Center in Kathmandu, Nepal, on April 5-7, 2019.
5/21/201920 minutes, 20 seconds
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Cultivating Emotional Awareness – Part IV (Enlightened Self-Interest)

Buddha observes a simple moral framework of non-harming. The way we relate to others really creates the kind of person we become. It shapes how we experience the future in very particular ways. If the mind is habituated or oriented toward morality, then disturbing emotions won’t arise. If it is habituated in non-virtue, then we suffer a great deal. Everything we experience is stored, ripens, and helps shape how we experience the present. Therefore, logically, I should sow the seeds of happiness, (benefit others), and avoid sowing the seeds of suffering, (harming others). This is part of a series of talks given at the Himalayan Buddhist Meditation Center in Kathmandu, Nepal, on April 5-7, 2019.
5/16/201913 minutes, 51 seconds
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Cultivating Emotional Awareness – Part III (Karma Means Action)

Everything we experience and everything we become, stems from our previous actions. It’s not just random. There is some structure and consistency to the law of cause and effect. Check with your own experience. That’s karma. This is part of a series of talks given at the Himalayan Buddhist Meditation Center in Kathmandu, Nepal, on April 5-7, 2019.  
5/14/201910 minutes, 4 seconds
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Cultivating Emotional Awareness - Part II (Appreciating Our Mental Continuum)

Let’s take a closer look at this mind that we can see directly with our own consciousness. In Buddhism, we work to understand what’s happening inside us. So, we calm down and learn what our senses do, how they interact with emotions and thoughts. We can see things playing out in the mind. We have loads of thoughts. They seem hidden because we are too distracted by the dramatic events in the outside world. Unraveling this tangle of what’s happening in the mind is called the beginning of “wisdom.” It’s when we free ourselves of all those exaggerated opinions.   This is the second part of a serious of talks given at the Himalayan Buddhist Meditation Center in Kathmandu, Nepal, on April 5-7, 2019.
5/7/20198 minutes, 37 seconds
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Cultivating Emotional Awareness - Part I (Appreciating Our Mental Continuum)

The key reason we suffer are these neurotic emotions, which are based on a world view that is out-of-touch with reality. These misconceptions, according to Buddhist psychology, happen due to habitual projections. How does that happen? Consider that each moment of consciousness is made up from the moment before. Through the Buddhist teachings, we can develop some doubt about our projections. We can notice and examine our thoughts and emotions through stability meditation. All the Buddhist concepts come to the same thing – the mind is central. It is the beginning of suffering, and the beginning of happiness. So we need to work skillfully with the mind.  This is part of a series of talks given at the Himalayan Buddhist Meditation Center in Kathmandu, Nepal, on April 5-7, 2019.
5/7/201912 minutes, 48 seconds
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Buddha Defines the Mind as Everything We Experience

Exploring the nature of ‘self’ in India 2500 years ago led to techniques that access the more subtle levels of consciousness. These techniques were mapped out so we can develop our incredible potential. 12:48 | Extracted from teachings given at Jamyang Buddhist Group, March 2017.  Full teaching here.
4/30/201912 minutes, 48 seconds
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Karma, The Natural Law of Cause and Effect

We can develop a healthy sense of empowerment by considering karma in a personal way. Think about how everything in this moment actually depends on the moment before. All our experiences of the present are merely an accumulation of previous actions. Karma means action; and by that, we mean actions from body, speech and mind. Each individual literally creates their own experiences out of both habit and our intentions. 22:34 | Extracted from teachings given at Ocean of Compassion (Gyalwa Gyatso) Buddhist Center, Aug 19, 2017. Full teaching here.        
4/23/201922 minutes, 35 seconds
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Get to Know the Lam Rim (Gradual Path)

A presentation from the Buddha for progressively more advanced topics. We must first practice addressing the obvious disturbances in the mind and learn about their causes and effects. As we gain understanding, we can do more advanced practices that uproot subtle obstacles. 7:02 | Extracted from teachings given at Jamyang Buddhist Group March 2017. Full teaching here.
4/16/20197 minutes, 3 seconds
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Why Trust in a Junkie Mind?

Trying to understand our own attachments can be brutal. We try to unpack the process of how attachments cause us suffering. We can learn the mind's subtle workings. For instance, attachment feeds off of low self-esteem like a vampire. This work isn’t about putting yourself down. It’s a matter of self-respect. Why should we trust in a junkie mind? 28:07 | Extracted from teachings given by Ven. Robina on the 2017 Lawudo Trek - Stillness Beyond Samsara, April 04, 2017.  Full teaching here
4/9/201928 minutes, 8 seconds
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Buddha’s View of the Mind is Entirely Practical

Buddha presents a very direct, counter-intuitive way of addressing our own suffering. He asks us to look at how we cling to the ego when under pressure, thinking “It’s not my fault.” That closed-off attitude is what propels us into a spiral of blame, dissatisfaction and aching attachment. The irony is that if you let go of ego and the attachments and cravings cease. They are not an intrinsic part of your being and can be removed. 4:25 | Extracted from teachings given at Jamyang Buddhist Group, March 2017.  Full teachings here.
4/2/20194 minutes, 26 seconds
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Eye of the Beholder

Buddha presents a practical, valid, intellectually consistent world view of emotions, thoughts and how we view the outside world. The teachings encourage a skeptical, courageous process of testing our presumptions. We came into this world with tendencies, conceptual imprints, habits and assumptions. This informs the way things appear to us. It is as H.H. Dalai Lama says, you are your own creator.  
3/26/201920 minutes, 19 seconds
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Meditation on Compassion: Buddha Chenrezig

Visualizing and meditating on Buddha Chenrezig, the embodiment of compassion, as well as reciting his mantra, OM MANI PEME HUM, helps us reveal our own marvelous potential for empathy and love and thus our capacity to be of benefit to others.   For more information about this practice, read Lama Yeshe’s "Becoming the Compassion Buddha", Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s "Cultivating a Compassionate Heart: The Yoga Method of Chenrezig", or Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Teachings from the "Mani Retreat."
3/13/201933 minutes, 8 seconds
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When Attachment Doesn't Get What It Wants

13:37 | Extracted from "When the Chocolate Runs Out" teachings given at Ocean of Compassion (Gyalwa Gyatso) Buddhist Center, August 18, 2017. Full teaching here When Attachment Does not Get What It Wants
3/7/201913 minutes, 38 seconds
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Defining Consciousness

5:14 | Extracted from teachings given by Ven. Robina on the 2017 Lawudo Trek - Stillness Beyond Samsara, April 04, 2017.  Full teaching here
3/6/20195 minutes, 15 seconds
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Creating Karma

14:12 | Extracted from teachings given at Ocean of Compassion (Gyalwa Gyatso) Buddhist Center, Aug 19, 17. Full teaching here.
9/18/201814 minutes, 12 seconds