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- Ven. Robina Courtin + (Robina+Courtin+%28born+20+December+1944%2C … Robina+Courtin+%28born+20+December+1944%2C+in+Melbourne%2C+Australia%29+is+a+Buddhist+nun+in+the+Tibetan+Buddhist+Gelugpa+tradition+and+lineage+of+Lama+Thubten+Yeshe+and+Lama+Zopa+Rinpoche.+In+1996+she+founded+the+Liberation+Prison+Project%2C+which+she+ran+until+2009.%0A%0ACourtin+was+raised+Catholic%2C+and+in+her+youth+was+interested+in+becoming+a+Carmelite+nun.+In+her+young+adulthood%2C+she+trained+as+a+classical+singer+while+living+in+London+during+the+late+1960s.+She+became+a+feminist+activist+and+worked+on+behalf+of+prisoners%27+rights+in+the+early+1970s.+In+1972+she+moved+back+to+Melbourne.+Courtin+began+studying+martial+arts+in+1974%2C+living+in+New+York+City+and%2C+again%2C+back+in+Melbourne.+In+1976%2C+she+took+a+Buddhist+course+taught+by+Lama+Yeshe+and+Lama+Zopa+in+Queensland.%0A%0AIn+1978+Courtin+ordained+at+Tushita+Meditation+Centre+in+Dharamsala.+She+was+Editorial+Director+of+Wisdom+Publications+until+1987+and+Editor+of+Mandala+until+2000.+She+left+Mandala+to+teach+and+to+develop+the+Liberation+Prison+Project.%0A%0ARobina+Courtin%27s+work+has+been+featured+in+two+documentary+films%2C+Christine+Lundberg%27s+On+the+Road+Home+%281998%29+and+Amiel+Courtin%E2%80%93Wilson%27s+Chasing+Buddha+%282000%29%2C+and+in+Vicki+Mackenzie%27s+book+%27%27Why+Buddhism%3F%27%27+%282003%29.+Her+nephew%27s+film%2C+Chasing+Buddha%2C+documents+Courtin%27s+life+and+her+work+with+death+row+inmates+in+the+Kentucky+State+Penitentiary.+In+2000%2C+the+film+was+nominated+for+best+direction+in+a+documentary+by+the+Australian+Film+Institute.%0A%0AIn+2001%2C+Courtin+created+Chasing+Buddha+Pilgrimage%2C+which+lead+pilgrimages+to+Buddhist+holy+sites+in+India%2C+Nepal%2C+and+Tibet+to+raise+money+for+the+Liberation+Prison+Project%2C+an+association+engaged+for+the+Tibetan+cause.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FRobina_Courtin+Source+Accessed+Nov+18%2C+2020%5D%29urtin+Source+Accessed+Nov+18%2C+2020%5D%29)