How Attachment Pervades Our Lives: Venerable Robina

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Sunday May 10, 2020 to Friday May 15, 2020

Venerable Robina returns to Land of Medicine Buddha for a special five day retreat with residential (yurts and rooms available) and commuter options.

What are referred to in Mahayana Buddhism as the “eight worldly concerns” or the “eight mundane dharmas” are, in fact, simply primordial levels of attachment that exist as virtual assumptions in our minds. The assumptions are that “I must get what I want every second,” causing us to constantly crave happy feelings, nice things, pleasant sounds, and the approval and adulation of others. Attachment can’t stand when we experience the opposite!
In fact, the more we look into our minds – or “be our own therapists,” as Lama Yeshe wisely puts it – the more we see that these attitudes inform most of our decisions in daily life, causing us anger, anxiety, depression and so much confusion and pain. Reversing these attitudes, an act so radical and antithetical to our everyday pleasure-seeking, is the very essence of spiritual practice.

Click on this link to learn more about the Eight Worldly Dharmas: Renouncing the Eight Worldly Dharmas

Retreat begins with check-in/registration from 3 – 6 pm on Sunday, May 10 (dinner is at 6 pm) and ends after lunch on Friday, May 15.

About the Teacher

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.

See www.robinacourtin.com to read Ven. Robina’s active blog, tour schedule, and other news.

Date(s): Sunday May 10, 2020 to Friday May 15, 2020
Times: 7:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Instructor/Leader: Venerable Robina Courtin
Type of event: special event
Number of sessions: 5 day event
Level: Open to all
Participation:
Location: Main Gompa
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Registration and Donations for How Attachment Pervades Our Lives: Venerable Robina

Ticket Type Price Spaces
1. Residential. SINGLE ROOM - $975 (VRobina)
Includes all meals. Deposit of $100 with balance due at check in.		 $100.00
2. Residential. DOUBLE ROOM - $800 per person (VRobina)
Must be booked for two people. Includes all meals. $100 deposit per person with balance due at check in.		 $200.00
3. Residential. SHARED ROOM - FEMALE - $675 (VRobina)
Includes all meals. Dorm style room with bathroom shared with up to three others. $100 deposit with balance due at check in		 $100.00
4. Residential. SHARED ROOM - MALE - $675 (VRobina)
Includes all meals. Dorm style room with bathroom shared with up to three others. $100 deposit with balance due at check in		 $100.00
5. Residential. YURT - SINGLE - $675 (VRobina)
Includes all meals. NOTE: Yurts are approximately 12 minute walk from Main Campus where retreat is held. $100 deposit with balance due at check in. 		$100.00
6. Residential. ORDAINED SANGHA - $225 (VRobina)
Includes all meals. $100 deposit with balance due at check in.		 $100.00
7. COMMUTER - $425 (VRobina)
Includes all meals. $100 deposit with balance due at check in.		 $10.00