Kurukulla Center Weekend Retreat: The Four Noble Truths

Weekend Retreat: The Four Noble Truths

The Four Noble Truths comprise the essence of Buddha’s teachings. They are the truth of suffering, the truth of the cause of suffering, the truth of the cessation of suffering, and the truth of the path that leads to the cessation of suffering. More simply put, suffering exists; it has a cause; it has an end; and it has a cause to bring about its end.
In this weekend retreat Venerable Robina will teach on how this teaching on suffering by the Buddha is not intended to convey a negative world view, but rather, a pragmatic perspective that deals with the world as it is, and attempts to rectify it. We will be investigating how the concept of pleasure should not be denied, but acknowledged as fleeting and not something that can bring lasting happiness.

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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”.