Venerable robina courtin schedule

Robina Courtin (born Melbourne, Australia, 20 December 1944) is a Buddhist nun in the Tibetan Buddhist Gelugpa tradition and lineage of Lama Thubten Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche.

Ordained since the late 1970s, Ven. Robina has worked full time since then for Lama Thubten Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s FPMT.

Over the years she has served as editorial director of Wisdom Publications, editor of Mandala Magazine, executive director of Liberation Prison Project, and as a touring teacher of Buddhism. Her life and work with prisoners have been featured in the documentary films Chasing Buddha and Key to Freedom.

Venerable Robina is a long-time friend and adviser to Maitripa College, visiting often to lead retreats, give public teachings, and meet with the staff and faculty.

More: Visit her website here for more on her remarkable life and activities.

Australian Buddhist nun

Robina Courtin (born 20 December 1944, in Melbourne, Australia^[1]) is a Buddhist nun in the Tibetan BuddhistGelugpa tradition and lineage of Lama Thubten Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche. In 1996 she founded the Liberation Prison Project, which she ran until 2009.^[2][3]

Biography

Courtin was raised Catholic, and in her youth was interested in becoming a Carmelitenun.^[4] In her young adulthood, she trained as a classical singer while living in London during the late 1960s.^[5] She became a feminist activist and worked on behalf of prisoners' rights in the early 1970s. In 1972 she moved back to Melbourne. Courtin began studying martial arts in 1974, living in New York City and, again, back in Melbourne. In 1976, she took a Buddhist course taught by Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa in Queensland.

In 1978 Courtin ordained at Tushita Meditation Centre in Dharamsala. She was editorial director of Wisdom Publications until 1987 and editor of Mandala until 2000. She left Mandala to teach and

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