Putting bodhicitta into practice
Seven Point Mind Training by Ven Sangye Khadro - Part 4
Venerable Sangye Khadro 
Seven-point Mind Training 
Aug 2, 2020 Part of a series of 12 teachings by Venerable Sangye Khadro given online at Amitabha Buddhist Centre from July to September 2020.
- Guided meditation on equalizing and exchanging self and others
- Brief introduction to the practice of taking and giving (tonglen)
- Contemplating compassion and taking on the suffering of others
- Contemplating loving kindness and giving away happiness to others
- Key benefit of tonglen: it gradually destroys our self-centeredness
- How to practice giving
- Guided meditation on offering the four elements of our body
- What can be given?
- Our body
- Our possessions
- Our virtues and merits
- How to practice taking
- What can be taken?
- Our own sufferings and problems
- The sufferings of all sentient beings of the six realms of samsaric rebirth
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.
