Venerable Robina Courtin

VENERABLE ROBINA COURTIN

JOINS HOST DANIEL AITKEN FOR A SPECIAL EPISODE OF
WISDOM DHARMA CHATS
ON WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18, 2025 at 7:00 PM EDT

We’re delighted to invite you to a special Wisdom Dharma Chats episode, live in New York City, with beloved teacher Venerable Robina Courtin, hosted by Wisdom’s Daniel Aitken. This intimate conversation will explore the deep wisdom and transformative power of Mahāmudrā—the direct path to discovering the true nature of mind—as taught in Ven. Robina’s brand-new Wisdom Academy online course, Mahāmudrā: Lama Yeshe’s Teachings on Discovering Your True Nature.

Drawing from Lama Yeshe’s potent and experiential instructions, Ven. Robina will offer insights into how Mahāmudrā helps us cut through confusion, grasping, and fear, leading to the radiant clarity of awareness that is our birthright. You’ll hear how this course provides not just teachings but a practical, step-by-step journey through the ancient Gelug tradition of Mahāmudrā—a path that meets you exactly where you are and guides you beyond ego and intellect into direct experience.

This conversation is more than a preview of an online course; it’s an invitation to radically shift how you relate to your mind and your life. Whether you’re already enrolled, are thinking about taking the course, or are simply curious about the Mahāmudrā path, this Wisdom Dharma Chat is a rare chance to connect directly with one of the most dynamic voices in modern Buddhism.

JOIN OUR LIVE IN-STUDIO AUDIENCE IN NEW YORK CITY

This is a ticket to be a live studio audience member during the filming of the Wisdom Dharma Chat episode with Venerable Robina Courtin on Wednesday, June 18, 2025, at 132 Perry St., New York, NY 10014. 

Tickets for the in-studio audience are available for $10.00, the proceeds of which help make Wisdom Dharma Chats possible. Doors will open at 6:20 pm and will close promptly at 6:55 pm, please do not be late. The Wisdom Dharma Chat will start at 7:00 pm, and will last until approximately 8:45 pm including a short intermission around 8:00 pm.

Seats are limited, so please be sure to reserve a ticket for the in-studio audience if you plan on coming in person.

OR, REGISTER TO SAVE YOUR SEAT IN OUR ONLINE AUDIENCE AND WATCH OVER ZOOM

Venerable Robina Courtin

Ordained in the late 1970s, Venerable Robina has worked full-time since then for Lama Thubten Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (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.

Daniel Aitken

Daniel is the CEO and Publisher of Wisdom Publications, as well as the host of the popular Wisdom Podcast and Wisdom Dharma Chats. In addition to publishing some of the most important books and online courses on Buddhism, he has interviewed over 200 Buddhist masters from a variety of Buddhist traditions. Daniel has a PhD in Buddhist Philosophy. His lifelong interest in Tibetan Buddhism, the Tibetan language, and its literature has taken him across Australia, America, India, Nepal, and Tibet to pursue a deeper understanding of Buddhist theory and practice with some of the greatest masters from the living tradition.