The Workshop is in the Mind

Ven. Robina Courtin

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".

717 - Everything exists on the tip of the wish (STTA 350)

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The Workshop is in the Mind

Episodios

Everything exists on the tip of the wish (STTA 350)

We're not the handiwork of anyone but ourselves! (STTA 349)

Don't let people gaslight us! (STTA 348)

We're forever craving either nice feelings or being free of ugly feelings (STTA 347)

Recognize in yourself the negative you see in others (STTA 346)

We're constantly having opinions - so try to make them positive (STTA 345)

Catch yourself when you exaggerate your bad qualities (STTA 344)

Revealing Ancient Wisdom with San Qing (discussion)

Help our mind by saying positive words (STTA 343)

When you can't change the problem, change your interpretation of it (STTA 342)

Steady the mind by saying mantras on top of the crazy thoughts (STTA 341)

How things out there appear back to us is in the aspect of what's in our mind (STTA 340)

Sunny Jacobs: "Finally I realized I couldn't change anything, but they couldn't take my mind from me (STTA 339)

Guilt is anger against ourselves (STTA 338)

We can train our mind to have new thoughts, just as we can train our body to do new things (STTA 337)

Fulfillment comes from disciplining the senses, not feeding them (STTA 336)

Lamrim Overview - Express Meditation

Try to make others happy, but no need for guilt if they don't become happy (STTA 335)

Pleasure comes from sensory experiences, but not contentment (STTA 334)

Satisfaction can never come from sensory experiences; it has to be practiced by thoughts (STTA 333)

We're addicted to believing that our mind has nothing to do with our happiness & suffering (STTA 332)

Don't believe what attachment and aversion say (STTA 331)

We are created by our thoughts, literally (STTA 330)

What's Love Got To Do With It? (teaching)

Cognitive therapy, neuroplasticity, Buddha: same: they all say we can change our thoughts (STTA 329)

We cannot stand it when things change! (STTA 328)

We suffer so much because we assume things won't change (STTA 327)

To see our mind, start with learning to focus it (STTA 326)

Do what you really want: not what you think is expected of you (STTA 325)

What goes on in the mind is the main thing, not the external event (STTA 324)

Love and attachment are not the same (STTA 323)

How to Loosen the Grip of Ego Grasping by Understanding Dependent Arising (Part 2 of 2 teaching)

We're a work in progress (STTA 322)

We're lonely because we think we're not enough (STTA 321)

Consciously not putting things off uplifts us (STTA 320)

We ourselves produce the person we become (STTA 319)

Good enough, dear! (STTA 318)

Contentment comes from practicing thinking I'm content, not from sensory experiences (STTA 317)

How to Loosen the Grip of Ego Grasping by Understanding Dependent Arising (Part 1 of 2 teaching)

Make your internal commentary more positive (STTA 316)

Instead of despairing, do what you can to help others (STTA 315)

Hear the thoughts before they become feelings (STTA 314)

Give yourself physical space (STTA 313)

No point in saying anything if people don't want to listen (STTA 312)

Zip your lip today! (STTA 311)

Be strong in the face of problems. And be nice for Christmas! (STTA 310)

We don't need to solve everyone's problems (STTA 309)

Have the courage to define ourselves (STTA 308)

Have your viewpoint and let others have theirs (STTA 307)

Aversion and fear only make things worse so know they're not as bad as we think (STTA 306)