Working with expectations
Venerable Thubten Jigme 
Exploring Monastic Life 2017 
Aug 4, 2017 Part of a series of teachings given during Sravasti Abbey's annual Exploring Monastic Life program in 2017.
- The problem of unrealistic expectations regarding:
- Perfectionism
- Authority and teacher relationship
- Ideas of training
- Compassion for oneself
- Becoming aware of our self-talk
- Distancing ourselves from the self-centered thought
- How do we honor ourselves
Venerable Thubten Jigme
Venerable Jigme met Venerable Chodron in 1998 at Cloud Mountain Retreat Center. She took refuge in 1999 and attended Dharma Friendship Foundation in Seattle. She moved to the Abbey in 2008 and took sramanerika and sikasamana vows with Venerable Chodron as her preceptor in March 2009. She received bhikshuni ordination at Fo Guang Shan in Taiwan in 2011. Before moving to Sravasti Abbey, Venerable Jigme (then Dianne Pratt) worked as a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner in private practice in Seattle. In her career as a nurse, she worked in hospitals, clinics and educational settings. At the Abbey, Ven. Jigme is the Guest Master, manages the prison outreach program and oversees the video program.
