Becoming Your Own Therapist

Taking Charge of Your World

with Ven. Robina Courtin

Friday, April 11, 2025
7:00pm – 8:30pm PDT (Pacific Daylight Time)
in-person and online

Program Category: Dharma Education — Introductory

This is a hybrid event, and we are using the Zoom video conferencing system for online participants. Please register below to receive your online access information.

By registering for this event, you understand that the sessions may be recorded and published in the public domain (such as YouTube), and consent to this process.

Join Venerable Robina for an evening of insightful and transformative teaching from the Buddhist perspective on mental well-being. According to Buddhist teachings, our mind is the primary source of our happiness and stability, as well as our craziness and suffering.

You will learn to transcend negative emotions like anger and let go of deep-seated attachments, such as the need for approval from others. Ven. Robina will guide us in the art of objectively observing our minds, empowering us to look inward for happiness rather than seeking it from the external world. By becoming our own therapist, we gain the tools to find true inner peace and the ability to support others on their paths to well-being.

Ven. Robina Courtin

Since ordaining as a nun in 1978 Ven. Robina has worked full time for Lama Thubten Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche, and their Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition.

Over the years she has served as editorial director of Wisdom Publications, editor of Mandala Magazine, executive director of Liberation Prison Project, and as an internationally touring teacher of Buddhism.

Her life and work with prisoners have been featured in the documentary films Chasing Buddha and Key to Freedom.

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