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Enrollment form: https://forms.gle/qw8rhnGLTNZYHDmE6

This event is organized by Center of White Mahakala FPMT Study Group (www.whitemahakala.ro)

3 Meetings Course
Romanian time: 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Tuesday (2023 December 19, 2024 January 16 & February 20)

Join us for a series of teachings with the Buddhist nun Venerable Robina Courtin on “How to loosen the grip of ego-grasping by understanding dependent arising, the best method for realizing emptiness”.

Lama Tsongkhapa writes lyrically about Lord Buddha’s teachings on dependent arising – the “king of logics” to prove emptiness, as Lama Yeshe puts it. With this perfect view, Je Rinpoche says, we can never “fall into the abyss of the great mistake” of nihilism, one of the commonest misconceptions about emptiness.

Over three evenings, we will investigate how in his gradual path literature he skillfully leads us to the eradication of ego-grasping, the primordial assumption of a fear-driven, bereft, separate self, which simply doesn’t exist.

We start by applying the law of karma – an example of the first level of dependent arising: cause and effect -which gradually counteracts our pervasive feelings of hopelessness and self-pity, causing us to realize that we are the source of our own happiness and suffering.

Next, we get to the root of the problem by becoming our own therapists: delving deep into our mind and identifying our delusions – attachment, aversion, jealousy and the rest – and recognizing that they are fabrications rooted in ego-grasping.

Now, combining our practice with bodhichitta, we are equipped to understand the subtler levels of dependent arising and to use this logic to uproot ego-grasping itself.

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. More here: robinacourtin.com

LOCATION: ONLINE ON ZOOM
The event will take place on the Zoom online platform – you can access it directly in your Chrome browser or you can download the app on your computer, phone or tablet.
 Please register using the enrollment form: https://forms.gle/qw8rhnGLTNZYHDmE6
You will receive the link on the day of the event, on the e-mail address provided in the registration form.

SUGGESTED DONATION:
Suggested donation: 70 lei (14 Euros) for Non-Members or FREE FOR ACTIVE MEMBERS (paid membership in the last 3 months).
Let us know if you have financial difficulties and we will offer you a discount.
Please donate using the enrollment form: https://forms.gle/qw8rhnGLTNZYHDmE6

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– MEMBERSHIP “GENEROSITY” – Recommended Donation: 200 lei (40 Euros)/month
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We welcome you all!