If Only… Learning to Let Go of Our Attachment to Be Really Happy
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- čas přidán 17. 11. 2015
- Venerable Robina explains how we make ourselves miserable by the very way we unskillfully look for happiness and will show how to find real happiness. She explains what it means to "renounce this life" and that, as gloomy as it may sound, can be the key to real happiness.
Her humor is outstanding !
I love how V Robina disseminates information in a no nonsense way. She brings high teachings to us mere mortals and meets us where we are so we can use and apply the teachings. Thank you so much!
I love reading the comments 😂 I think ven robina is hilarious! As my elderly neighbor said when she heard one of her talks “ This ain’t no bakery, she ain’t sprinkling sugar on nothin” .... basically, no need to talk sweet about our neurotic, delusional states of mind. Truth with a capital T.
She is really one of the best teachers. We need her to tell us the truth about our own defilements in this way to change in short time. Her quality shows what a good teacher can be! I have met many smiling and pleasant teachers but only the serious ones really holding the compassion for the students!
Yes Venerable Robina shows impatience sometimes, but please look closely. That impatience is directed towards the delusions in our mind, which cause us so much suffering. Her impatience is a wake up call. Patience is a virtue, but we should not have patience with what causes us to suffer. That is exactly the reason why she is my favorite Buddhist teacher.
Walter Joosten gotta love her. you're certainly not being fattened for slaughter with the skinny of that naked truth
Well said Walter, I describe her no nonsense style of teaching as fierce compassion.
I suppose she is just being authentic even if that means not being fully respectful A dilemma:)
Very well put. Personally, I don't fully view it as impatience as I think she is showing compassion and saving time by prompting folks to cut to the fucking chase. When people start to talk over her, I love how she puts a stop to that and gets the individual to get to the root of what they are saying so she can address their questions and concerns. She doesn't seem to need a long diatribe from anyone about a question when she knows where they are headed and what they mean. I think she just wants to clarify the point or question, enlighten people with the answer or suggested protocol to find solutions and help them move forward. I respect her for that. She is my favorite teacher and if I identified myself as religious or dealt in absolutes around any religion(s), I would declare myself a Buddhist. As Robina talks about Buddhism being a working hypothesis, I love that because I am all about that application. As far as practice, I partake in Buddhist practice and adhere to many beliefs and do my best to abide by the protocol such as the 5 precepts. Well, not #5 but I do my best. Thanks for posting this. I love The Venerable Robina's teachings as well as this canon or faction of Buddhism the most. I also believe in circumventing control which is what I do in society, with many other entities as well as in my own mind. Such as circumventing control over the thoughts that tell me to do destructive things, tell me I am depressed, anxious, sick of it all as well as partake in behaviors that are very unskilled & potentially disastrous to start doing again or in general. Realizing the emptiness of the inherent self is a beautiful thing I constantly try doing. Not there yet by a long shot. Doing my best. Relinquishing attachment and ego and helping others is gold. Thank you again for posting this excellent video. Cheers!!(A)
@@timothymstern I agree with you. Right on. Be courageous fellow learners. Have compassion for Ven. Robina. She works hard to help us understand.
This is so amazing ❤❤❤she's great teacher. Beautiful woman ❤❤
I had a day retreat with robina today she was amazing the best
I describe Robina's no nonsense style of dharma teaching as fierce compassion similar to the wrathful deity cutting through our dualistic delusions.
I totaly feel she is telling the truth...
Very practical talk, thank you!
Genius teaching ❤
Wow!!!❤❤❤🙏🏼❤️❤️❤️
this was very helpful. so I need to find out my primordial attachment that causes my anger and irritation.
Friendly reminder:
If you find a Buddhist teacher unappealing, it's best to walk away and leave them to their practice. In the long run, this helps both parties.
Please Robina re answer my question with the correct answer to match the pre determined answer I was seeking. That’s my only frustration with this teaching.
Robina is fabulously direct.
Not walking away from this teacher 😍
This channel should have more subscribers.
I love her!
I love her
It's very hard for me to be compassion to others because I have not learned to be cimpassionate for myself.
Indeed April, we have to start with compassion towards ourself.
When I practice compassion for others, I am more able to cultivate compassion for myself, my dependent arising self that is. It works both ways. Really amazing.
@Linda
I feel that this relates to the mechanisms of interdependence and how the cultivation of thoughts and feelings of compassion essentially dissolve our self-centred states of mind.
It is indeed an amazing process.
Agreed indeed. And our "self- centered states of mind" is what causes all of our discomfort, discontent, and suffering. I'm so thankful that the Dharma found me, this "I" that thought it needed protection from all of "them". Such a terrible messy state this poor mind was in. My mind breathes more easily now, thinks more clearly, and my words and actions don't bite the heads off of others anymore. Wonderful.
@Linda
Truly, the Dharma has become the most precious influence in my life since it found me.
Finding solace in the teachings and recognizing our reflection in its wisdom has such a profound effect on our being.
Teachers such as Robina are especially precious to me since she understands our fragmented Western minds with its complex ego and applies the Dharma with surgical precision to cut through the delusions of our dualistic perceptions.
Marvellous!
Hi everyone, my name is Brooks, im a black male and I believe I have came into this Realm of consciousness to share compassion for the world. My question is during my quest to Reach Ultimate Enlightenment i have learned that , one must Detach from all worldly things. But how must one release from the Perceptions of ALL human experiences to reach a state of Nirvana ? Isn't it an exact desire to seek enlightnment? How must I let go of thoughts and lables if this means I must let go of the idea of reality? Which means Air isn't even permanent, i have to find a way to not want things of this reality, and still navigate through positive Attachments such as the positive thoughts My mind creates. I feel like this is either my reality?, Or Not My Reality? This can't be mines becauses "mines" would deem permanent, vs this world and its concepts of thoughts and information are merely processes of my Environment and understanding that there are Quadrillion of cells in my body! Which means Words are just an illusion and Suffering truly comes from Our minds ... Can someone elaborate with me please???!!!! How do I free myself from all Desire? And create a realm of reality in which my perception is my very own secrect world until I so choose to share the Dharma and turn the wheel of consciousness. This world we live in is a matrix..... Anything is possible pay attention to your mind! Meditate! And have no fear of MARA!!
Chill out. Do ordinary things. Simple things with love and humility. Find laughter, and joy. Be silly. It's in your heart relationships to yourself, others and the world where a genuine way of being offers itself to you. There is no secret world. Only secrets of the heart that is yet to open. Much love my brother. 😊
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This was a good talk with great insights, but I don't feel her obvious impatience with the questioners at the end demonstrated compassion.
It's a Q&A session with time limitations. No place for long windy stories. I think she says enough. The rest is for people to figure out. You may even say she rushes with good intentions - If people don't learn to figure stuff on their own, they'll always need a guide and will never become 'their own therapists'. She's so intense because she loves what she does :) She's totally in her element.
it shows wisdom which is true Compassion
let's not "forget not even for second" that what Robina is "EXPOSING" here's mankind's ABYSMAL IGNORANCE & one can "ONLY BE FIRM" in order to "EXPLORE WITH CRYSTAL CLEARED VIEW THE ABYSS OF IGNORANCE THAT MIND HAS FALLEN INN~Robina most definitely speaks from the BUDDHA'S VIEW of MIND,also she does the incredible task of manifesting the Alchemical and Transcend effects of: ~MAHAYANA TANTRA~
so as much as we would like...There's no room for "SELF-PITY" which is the Real ENEMY and the Source of MANKIND'S MISERY~
I describe her no nonsense style of teaching as fierce compassion.
♥️Robina
I notice the arrogance but it is a work in progress I am not ready for that life yet. I'll stay wi th my refuge vows foe know. Being a teacher is to let go of the title to a student of life.
she knows allot but you can see that in this video, she was still in a grasping state of being. very agitated, not calm at all. but still interesting.
I describe Robina's no nonsense style of teaching as fierce compassion similar to the wrathful deity cutting through our dualistic delusions.
cos play you mean she’s still human?
That is because Ven. Robina is still on her journey. At least she is aware of her state of mind. That's the point.
Cos play. She is a person. Even the Dalia Lama may not have all the answers.
she is depressing and rude and it really disappoints me to see someone there in order to represent such a wonderful tradition have such a miserable and arrogant disposition
badnews glad she broke your expectations. no glass-jawed neurotic can withstand that intellectual punch. no lotus ever arose from a pampered bed to make the history she is, where history making was required. there isn't an fpmt male in maroon whose karmic bacon she hasn't pulled from the fire. expect "radically changing your mind" to set in at abt 3 to 5 years.
Bad News!You have not understood-don't judge her on personality-0r how you perceive it-this isn't arrogance!).She is SO passionate about preserving the Dharma,-(she also has heavy cold)😒
I'm new to her,but can see/ feel her strong ,very sharp,honest&intelligence. No,she doesn't dress it up,but is obviously a woman of sincerity,and passion..😉
Robina appears depressing and rude to you because she is shining a very bright light on your fears for yourself and your expectations of others. Perhaps you are at the beginning of your journey to understanding and that is ok. The more you listen without judging the outer package of a person the more you will hear. It's shocking and uncomfortable for all of us at the start to hear love, passion, anger, wants needs and fears come from attachment and we need to let go to achieve inner peace, we will cling and defend at every turn to hold on to what we feel we need and this is what keeps us in an eternal cycle of suffering. If you feel happy with your attachments that is awesome for you but if you still have questions in your mind, keep searching and listening and you will reach that next step of understanding :-) Robina punches holes in attachment because her compassion is so acute and deeply founded. Her no nonsence approach has driven my journey forward and I do indeed hear her.
You are so off the mark!- Bad news'?
You need to listen better than that😒♐She maybe a bit too direct -and DEEP for u,but don't judge her by her quickness nor herd often slight impatience..Do u see the world as all sweetness&light?..A lot of speakers(esp.political)talk "nice" whilst trying to persuade u on all sorts of s***!
I describe Robina's no nonsense style of teaching as fierce compassion similar to the wrathful deity cutting through our dualistic delusions.