The 76-year-old Australian, who dreamed of becoming a nun in her youth, speaks in a very didactic and almost relaxed way about happiness, anger and Buddhism.
Judith confronts some big questions like, why are we here? Can we ever truly prepare understand death? And why did she became one of those insufferable people who started ‘searching’?
In an interview with Buddha Weekly magazine, Ven. Robina speaks about mind and happiness, karma and habits, and the importance of ethics, concentration and wisdom.
In an interview with Cyclist magazine, newly retired Italian domestique Manuel Quinziato explains how a career in cycling led him to Buddhism and a pilgrimage with Ven. Robina.
The Venerable Robina Courtin is a Buddhist nun, a social activist and global speaker with a passion for women’s rights, social activism and the search for deeper meaning.
We tend to think of community as something outside of ourselves, but according to Buddhist nun Robina Courtin we need to look within if we want to improve our relationships, our society and the world at large.
(WNN) Sydney, AUSTRALIA, OCEANIA: Ven. Robina Courtin, a dynamic and renowned Australian teacher, has had a particularly turbulent life. Growing up as a Catholic girl in a violent, even abusive family, in Australia, she trained as a classical singer
The perfect answer to the question, “What is anger?” which I heard from a lama, is: “Anger is the response when attachment doesn’t get what it wants.” But if that is what anger is, then what is it not?
From FPMT's Mandala Magazine (September 2003)
Lyn Siegel, a freelance writer from North Carolina, and psychiatrist Dr Norma Safransk interview Ven.
"When I met Buddhism I felt like I had found something I had lost, because, from a karmic point of v
