Venerable Robina Courtin
Returns to Bali, Indonesia
by popular request after last year’s powerful gathering.
• Four-day In-Person Dharma Gathering •
October 31 – November 4, 2026
Join one of today’s most dynamic Buddhist teachers for powerful teachings, practical meditation, and real-world wisdom focused on understanding and transforming the mind.
Last year’s gathering filled in 4 weeks — Early Registration is highly recommended.
Sharing AUD $ 1000
Single AUD $ 1210
per person for the entire event
A Bird Needs Two Wings: Wisdom and Compassion Teachings with Ven. Robina
"The power of daily/immersive practice and the in person teachings was amazing."
Adam, 2025 Dharma Gathering Participant
We are absolutely delighted to welcome Buddhist nun Ven. Robina back to Bali for her second consecutive year of in-person Dharma teachings. Following last year’s powerful and heart-opening Dharma Gathering, she returns by popular request to to share practical Buddhist wisdom, meditation, and methods for transforming the mind through the cultivation of wisdom and compassion. With her practical, no-nonsense approach to Buddhist wisdom, grounded in deep compassion and sharp insight, Ven. Robina offers teachings that are both profoundly authentic and immediately applicable to everyday life. 🙏✨
What You Will Explore....
• 🧠 How the mind creates suffering and how to transform it
• 🧘 Practical meditation methods for cultivating clarity and compassion
• 📿 How Buddhist psychology applies to everyday challenges
• 🌿 Methods for developing resilience and inner stability
• ✨ Tools for integrating Dharma practice into daily life
" My greatest takeaway from the gathering is a clearer understanding that karma is about our actions influencing our own individual happiness /suffering." Oliver, 2025 Dharma Gathering Participant
Daily Dharma Gathering Experience...
• ☸️ Daily teachings and guided meditations with Ven. Robina Courtin
• 🪷 Opportunities for reflection, contemplation, and discussion
• 🧘 Optional gentle movement and stretching sessions to support wellbeing during the gathering
• 🔔 Optional meditative listening and relaxation sessions to support reflection and wellbeing
• 🍽 Shared group breakfast, lunch and dinners ffostering community and connection
• 🌴 Access to resort facilities, with time to relax, rest, and enjoy the peaceful surroundings between sessions
Teachings will be supported by guided meditation, reflection, and opportunities for questions.
"Everything about this experience was superb. You managed everything so thoughtfully and professionally. Bravo!" 2025 Dharma Gathering Participant
Why This Dharma Gathering?
“Venerable Robina is a supreme teacher; Bali is very lush! Studying with Ven. Robina in person was truly unforgettable.” Julia, 2025 Dharma Gathering Participant
Modern life constantly pulls our attention outward. We search for happiness in circumstances, achievements, and relationships, yet the deeper causes of both suffering and happiness lie within our own mind.
Buddhist teachings offer practical methods for understanding how the mind works and how we can transform the habits that keep us stuck in dissatisfaction and confusion.
This gathering offers a rare opportunity to learn these methods directly from Ven. Robina — a teacher known around the world for her clarity, humor, and deeply practical approach to Buddhist wisdom.
Through teachings, meditation, and reflection, you will explore how these timeless methods can be applied directly to everyday life.
Whether you are new to the Dharma or have been practicing for years, attended last year or are joining for the first time, this gathering offers a rare opportunity to receive teachings, deepen your understanding and practice in an intimate, in-person setting with Ven. Robina at the Ramayana Candidasa Resort in beautiful Bali, Indonesia.
Ven. Robina shares, “Compassion is ultimately the point of Buddhist practice. But our actions—whether helping our next-door neighbor or working to stop the destruction of the planet—need to be grounded in wisdom. As the Dalai Lama says, ‘Compassion is not enough; we need wisdom.’”
"Receiving the dharma in plain everyday language has enriched my traditional Tibetan practice" Sandra, 2025 Dharma Gathering Participant
Join us for this special return visit and deepen your understanding of how wisdom and compassion truly become “two wings” of the path.
Meet the Teacher
A Buddhist nun since the late 1970s, Ven. Robina has worked since then with the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (FPMT), a worldwide network of Tibetan Buddhist activities of her teachers, Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinopche. 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.
She was born in Melbourne, Australia, and educated by the Catholic nuns. She studied classical singing until the mid-1960s when, ripe and ready for revolution, she became involved in the radical left in London and eventually feminism.
Ven. Robina’s life, as well as her work with prisoners, have been featured in the documentary film Chasing Buddha. A CD of her singing prayers and mantras, Devotion, in collaboration with Yantra de Vilder, was produced in 2018. Chasing Buddha and Devotion, as well as Ven. Robina’s teachings schedule, are available on robinacourtin.com
What You’ll Walk Away With...
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Practical tools to work skillfully with your mind
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A deeper understanding of compassion and wisdom — beyond theory
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Greater confidence working with difficult emotions and challenges
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Renewed purpose and inner confidence
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A supportive spiritual community
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Inspiration to continue exploring the path of Buddhist practice
Who is this Dharma Gathering for...
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Newcomers curious about Buddhist philosophy
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Long-time practitioners wanting deeper insight
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Practitioners wanting to deepen their practice
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Anyone seeking clarity, resilience, and a Buddhist perspective on life
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Anyone wanting to experience Dharma in a beautiful, focused setting
Our Dharma Gathering
Participants will arrive at the resort in the afternoon of Saturday October 31. Check-in will be 2 - 4pm.
We will have a group dinner with Ven. Robina at Al Dente Italian Restaurant at 4:30pm in Candidasa followed by an evening introductory session with Ven. Robina.
For each of the following days, Ven. Robina will give several teachings throughout the day and guide meditations. Manuela will also lead some meditations and facilitate supporting practices, including gentle movement and stretching.
We will finish the event on the morning of Wednesday November 4 with a meditation session and breakfast.
BEAUTIFUL ROOMS
Our Venue
Our Dharma Gathering takes place at Ramayana Candidasa Beach Resort and Spa, located on the serene and peaceful east coast of Bali, set within a coconut grove garden that gently rolls down to a beautiful white sandy beach. It is approximately a 90-minute drive from Bali’s Ngurah Rai International Airport (DPS) and a leisurely 5-minute drive to Candidasa town. Flights from major international cities regularly fly in and out of the Ngurah Rai Airport.
AMAZING GROUNDS
OCEAN FRONT DINING
SUPPORTING RESTORATIVE PRACTICES
SPA SERVICES
Beyond the Teachings...
While the focus of this Dharma Gathering is the study, contemplation, and practice of the Buddha's teachings, participants may also wish to take advantage of opportunities to experience the unique culture and natural beauty of East Bali during their stay.
Optional opportunities include:
🛕 Exploring East Bali's rich cultural heritage
🙏 Visiting local temples, traditional villages, and places of spiritual and historical significance
🍛 Experiencing authentic Balinese hospitality and cuisine
🤝 Supporting local communities, artisans, and small businesses
🌴 Enjoying the natural beauty, coastline, and peaceful atmosphere of Candidasa and the surrounding area
These activities are entirely optional and may be enjoyed during free time outside the teaching schedule.
What You Get
ACCOMMODATION
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Choose your preferred room with everything you need for a comfortable experience.
HEALTHY MEALS
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Delicious healthy breakfast, lunch and dinner
(vegan & non-vegetarian options)
will fuel and nourish you
daily.
TEACHINGS
with VEN. ROBINA
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Full access to all our teachings and meditations with
Ven. Robina.
ROOMS
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start at
AUD $1000
per
person
for the entire event
OFFERING
(optional)
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Opportunity to make an offering
to teacher at the end of event.
RESORT FACILITIES
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Full access to all resort facilities: pool, spa, beach.
MEDITATIONS
&
GENTLE MOVEMENT
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Gentle movement
Guided relaxation and meditative listening
practices
What’s Included:
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Your choice of lux accommodation at Ramayana Beach Resort, on Bali’s tranquil east coast.
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Welcome drink upon arrival (non-alcoholic).
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Healthy and delicious breakfast, lunch and dinners each day, including tea & coffee.
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Teachings and meditations with Ven. Robina and meditations and gentle movement and restorative practices with Manuela.
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Use of pool, beach and other hotel facilities.
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Option to participate in resort guest activities when not in teaching sessions.
What’s Not Included:
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Your flights to and from Indonesia (I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport- Bali) and transport to and from resort.
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Indonesia visa - You can apply online or pay on arrival (approximately AUD $50) at the airport. For more information about travel documents, see Frequently Asked Questions below.
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Any accommodation outside of the four nights.
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Personal, medical or trip cancellation insurance.
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Alcoholic beverages
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The Spa services
Reflections from Previous Dharma Gathering Participants
“Ven. Robina’s teachings are razor-sharp and deeply compassionate. I left Bali with tools I use every single day.”
— Bali Dharma Gathering Event Participant, 2025
“Ven. Robina has a rare ability to make profound teachings completely practical. I left with clarity, confidence, and tools I continue to use every day.”
— 2025 Participant
“This event changed how I understand my own mind. The teachings were direct, practical, and transformative. Bali was the perfect setting for such deep inner work.”
— 2025 Attendee
“It wasn’t just the teachings — it was the community. The honesty, laughter, and depth of discussion created something truly special.”
— Bali Dharma Gathering Event Participant
“The balance of sharp wisdom and genuine warmth created a space where real inner work could happen.”
— Bali Dharma Gathering Event Attendee
Proposed
Schedule
Please note.... Ven. Robina may change session times at her discretion during the event.
Our Team
The Sharing the Dharma team includes a group of Dharma practitioners and students of Ven. Robina Courtin and Lama Zopa Rinpoche, who are united by a shared commitment to Buddhist practice, Dharma study, and creating opportunities for others to connect with authentic teachings.
Drawing on many years of experience within Buddhist communities, the team has participated in and supported a wide range of teachings, Dharma events, study programs, and Dharma events across different traditions and lineages. Their collective aspiration is to make authentic Dharma teachings accessible in a way that is practical, welcoming, and beneficial for people from all backgrounds.
Inspired by the teachings of great masters such as Lama Zopa Rinpoche and Venerable Robina Courtin, and by the Buddhist principle of generosity, the team sees supporting and hosting Dharma Gatherings as a meaningful way to create the causes for wisdom, compassion, and inner transformation to flourish in the world.
In 2025, Sharing the Dharma hosted its first Dharma Gathering with Venerable Robina Courtin in Bali. The success of this event affirmed the team's vision of creating spaces where people can come together to learn, reflect, meditate, and deepen their connection with the Dharma.
Today, Sharing the Dharma Gatherings continues with the aspiration to bring authentic Buddhist teachings and experienced teachers to a wider audience, while fostering a supportive and inspiring environment for spiritual growth, friendship, and community.
Two members with Ven. Robina in Perth at FPMT's Hayagriva Buddhist Centre
Members with Ven. Robina Bali Retreat 2025- Ramayana Resort, Candidasa
Who receives the funds?
Please note that the fee you pay for this Dharma Gathering covers your accommodation including food, teacher's accommodation travel expenses, teacher offering, event space usage at the resort and our administrative expenses.
Our aspiration in offering this Dharma experience is to create a precious opportunity to receive and explore the Buddha’s teachings directly with Ven. Robina, in person and within a peaceful, supportive environment.
In the Buddhist tradition, the Dharma is offered freely by the teacher out of compassion for the benefit of others. It is therefore our privilege to offer our service in organizing and supporting the conditions that allow these teachings to be shared on a Not-for-Profit basis.
A collective offering to Ven. Robina has been included and will be made on behalf of all participants. In keeping with traditional practice, at the conclusion of the gathering there will also be an opportunity for participants to offer a khata (ceremonial scarf) and make an optional personal offering to Ven. Robina, should you wish to do so.
We look forward to seeing and connecting with you in Bali.
With Love,
Sharing The Dharma Team
Reserve Your Room Now
We offer two types of accommodation: single and double.
Please click room link below to register as soon as possible to secure your spot and room preference.
Wonderful Memories from last year
Join Us in Bali —
October 31–November 4, 2026
Take this opportunity to study directly with one of today’s most dynamic Buddhist teachers and deepen your understanding of the mind.
Spaces are limited to maintain an intimate Dharma Teaching experience.
Last year’s Gathering filled quickly — secure your place today.
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