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Date: 

Sat, April 07, 2018

Time: 

10:00 AM - 5:00 PM 

Event: 

Weekend Retreat: Joyfully Practicing Dharma in the Face of Adversity

 

 

Joyful effort works like a miracle ingredient that brings eagerness to all we do. Without it, we might push too hard or give up altogether. Joyfully practicing Dharma gives us the ability to keep moving forward in spite of challenges, rejection, setbacks, obstacles, and disappointments.

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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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