Who Am I? The Meaning of Emptiness Is Not Nothing - with Ven. Robina Courtin (01/02/2014)

[@kali6762]

How wonderful having such a complicated subject explained in a simple and straight forward way. Thank you Ven. Robina, and thank you Kurukulla Center for putting it online. Thank you!!!!!

[@kindnessize]

She helps me on my path. So grateful for her teachings.

[@brandondiab8268]

This lady is a genius

[@walterjoosten5750]

Ven. Robina speaks about twice as fast as most teachers, so if you pay attention you get so much from these teachings. Wonderful. And also thanks for putting this on KZbin

[@reginadegiovanni6685]

Playback at .75

[@ryanlister4722]

Namaskara. I'm a brahmachari celibate monk for years. I live in my own house-hermitage in Surry Hills/Redfern. It would be a boon to have an incarnational meeting with you if your not too far away. Guru-Sadhaka relationship from a Tantra Guru. May you and all.beings you guide. BijAyam

[@joeykathlean9875]

I love this vidoe❤ Thank you Venerable Robina 🙌🏻😘 3/27/2024

[@tictoc5443]

what a beautiful explanation

[@ryanlister4722]

Does anyone have a pattern for sewing of the Kavi --like guru is wearing? Mine is not usable...

[@PhoenixProdLLC]

She's very good at explaining things specifically, rather than being too general which is not helpful to "inquiring minds" who are beyond the tourist phase, so to speak. I thought it interesting she mentioned that some people "lose their minds", ha ha, at retreats who go into deep meditation quickly but do not know how to "drive", instead hitting the accelerator too hard. Well, that's not good and actually can be very damaging for conventional mental health. So, one would think then it's important to find a good diving instructor first, no? Because defilements arising too quickly for someone already traumatized CAN wind up in an ER due to a psychic break. This reflects very badly on the current state of retreat mania, imnsho. Anyway, the opposite can happen. Perhaps a novice does cone across a master meditator or three and learns to drive very well because the instructors guide them through the sudden twists and turns on the path, the engine over heating, the potholes, and how to contend with them all bit by and in person. Particularly if one takes to dropping in deeply. Else, one might be "gone" for some time and that can upset others. I enjoy the academic side of being a student very much, but confess I far prefer meditation to the point the material falls away, but I've chosen to pump my brakes on it mainly because I am my only driving instructor at the moment. If I were off in a bit in the forest and detached for good, no big deal I suppose. But, to do so now would definitely risk upsetting some people and besides, if I can be of help down the road to others well, I don't want to get too selfish about preferring being away from the senses etc etc blahblah blah. So Venerable offers a lot to think about and I really do appreciate her willingness to offer it at all. Very intelligent teacher she is. I wish I could be her aide somehow, but imagine she has many. Sadhu...

[@euphrasiaeverard1367]

I was disturbed by her apparent bullying of one member of the audience.

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[@vinayakadeepak5196]

+euphrasia everard I understand what you mean! But Robina does that only with people she personally knows and not with random people, knowing that they know her to be what she really is. Please let that not disturb you. She is a wonderful human being and a master. Sadhu! :)

[@euphrasiaeverard1367]

Thank you for explaining this to me. I still would like to know how the lady felt after being spoken to like that! Kind Regards

[@LyPham-td4tw]

what do her feelings have to do with your personal practice, as well as the validity of her teachings?

[@Hick78]

"first attend yourself with the oxygen masks, and then attend the others". if you don't understand emptiness- as the pride and self-consciousness in all your posturing betrays- don't put yourself up in a pedastal and pretend to teach others. just be quiet and look at plants, be quiet, look at minerals. be quiet. look at whatever is in front of you. and be quiet. and then laugh. big time!

[@markbrad123]

The label of the cup is not the cup so it does not exist as the cup just as a label.

[@roseapplehousenolabysidmon6635]

🙏🪷🕊️

[@ROGERWDARCY]

I do not understand why you people do not explain the five heaps and the 12 links. Now a days you Buddhists do not mind the five senses violating 2,600 years of your own tradition!

[@frankfunk4834]

Because that is not the topic of this conversation?

[@kh100able]

Why do you keep saying "in the West" that is lazy - people and their behaviours are not that simply divided. Have ypu been to Singapore?

[@maureenkelleher1318]

ven rob doesn't bully; I think she loses patience, and then has to fig out a way to keep the lady on board. she'd like to move on, but this woman... heck: she kinda makes me nuts, too. so my impatience. and robina's maybe too. teh questions just keep on coming,a dn there seems to be no digesting.. just more questions, more questions. this is what robina is reacting to. the cheapness of just asking questions, without digesting.. is I think what Ven rob is suggesting is not the way. sure I could be wrong. sure I could be right. the impatience is palpable. and the woman has a way of talking that keeps the spot open for her. and that's something that runs 180 different than how Ven Rob talks and thinks. so it's a clash, and it has to be dealt with. I think it drives ven rob nuts! but she's trying.

[@garypuckettmuse]

Wow, she talks so much it's kind of insane. You would think she would discipline herself a little bit since she's supposedly a "teacher". People who talk real fast like that are usually hiding something and trying to create a lot of fluff and commotion. For me she never gets down into anything. I suppose it's okay for hearing about these concepts for the very first time but after that one wishes for a little bit more reflection. She's sort of lazy, relying on that huge personality and then doing a little bullying at the end to imitate a Zen teacher. In this talk she did a lot of bullying as though she was afraid of someone trying to take her a bit deeper into the topic. I give her credit for being very practical but she talks about these things like a mechanic. There is a certain sensitivity missing. And the exhausting over-emoting in her incredibly dramatic speech is a definite drain. I'm fascinated that so many people find this deep and meaningful. I don't know if I'm so lame I don't get her or if I just already got past her. Namaste everyone.

[@DimljenaRiba]

cck I think you are doing exactly what she explained about the cake, you are adding attributes which aren’t there. But apart from that we all also have different energies which resonate differently. There is a message she is trying to explain, the intellectual part if you so will. The emotional part is the resonance. If you are not attracted by the resonance, it doesn’t mean the message is wrong. So back to the cake... and one last sentence, you seek liberation for your own self, to become free from your self. If something works for you, let’s say like medicine, does it need to be tasty? Maybe she just reminds you of someone you resent, even more of a reason to overcome your ego, again.