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Guilt over our negative actions can cripple us and leave us unable to truly take responsibility, clear away the negativity, and move on to a more positive way of living. Buddhism teaches us to replace guilt with regret, and offers precise tools for applying a positive mind to negative actions. Once we have learned how to “clean up our act,” we can take control of our actions and face our mistakes fearlessly and compassionately.
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Born in Australia in 1944, Ven. Robina Courtin spent the early part of her life studying classical singing, being involved with radical left/feminist activism and then, in her quest for a spiritual path, studying martial arts. She became a student of Lama Yeshe and was ordained as a Tibetan Buddhist nun in Nepal at Kopan Monastery in 1978. Since then, she has worked full-time for the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (FPMT) in several roles; editorial director of Wisdom Publications, editor of the Mandala Magazine, and director of the Liberation Prison Project. Since 1987 she has taught Buddhist courses and retreats at FPMT centers worldwide. Well-known for her intense energy and no-nonsense manner of expressing her profound understanding of Buddhist philosophy, Ven. Robina is the subject of an award-winning documentary, “Chasing Buddha” and a film by Christine Lundberg called “On the Road Home”.
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