Interview: Venerable Robina Courtin — Buddha's Science of Mind #21

06/17/20 • 47 min

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Venerable Robina Courtin, Buddhist nun and advocate for prisoner’s rights, on how activists can leverage meditation and mind training, how Buddhism functions as a science of the mind, and how being a Buddhist doesn’t mean being a pushover.
Episode 21. Venerable Robina Courtin — Buddha's Science of Mind

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