Why we need wisdom
03 Wisdom of ultimate truth
Venerable Sangye Khadro 
Wisdom 
Jun 18, 2020 A series of online talks hosted by the Root Institute of Wisdom Culture in Bodh Gaya, India from June to August 2021.
- Questions and answers
- One vs. one nature
- Mind vs. soul
- Meaning of impermanence
- Karmic imprints
- True cessations
- The need for wisdom
- The root of samsara
- Good deeds being contaminated
- Importance of having wisdom of ultimate truth
- Three types of wisdom: hearing, thinking, meditating
- Three levels of selflessness and emptiness
- The self that does exist
- Dangers of thinking we don’t exist
Venerable Sangye Khadro
California-born, Venerable Sangye Khadro ordained as a Buddhist nun at Kopan Monastery in 1974 and is a longtime friend and colleague of Abbey founder Venerable Thubten Chodron. She took bhikshuni (full) ordination in 1988. While studying at Nalanda Monastery in France in the 1980s, she helped to start the Dorje Pamo Nunnery, along with Venerable Chodron. Venerable Sangye Khadro has studied with many Buddhist masters including Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Lama Yeshe, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Geshe Ngawang Dhargyey, and Khensur Jampa Tegchok. At her teachers’ request, she began teaching in 1980 and has since taught in countries around the world, occasionally taking time off for personal retreats. She served as resident teacher in Buddha House, Australia, Amitabha Buddhist Centre in Singapore, and the FPMT centre in Denmark. From 2008-2015, she followed the Masters Program at the Lama Tsong Khapa Institute in Italy. Venerable has authored a number books found here, including the best-selling How to Meditate. She has taught at Sravasti Abbey since 2017 and is now a full-time resident.
