Buddhist tenet systems: Question and answers part 3
Venerable Sangye Khadro 
Tenets with Geshe Dadul Namgyal 
Sep 21, 2020 Part of a series of talks on the key points of the four main Buddhist tenet systems.
- Review of the root of cyclic existence according to each tenet school
- Could the word paradigm be used for tenets?
- How doe the difference between tenet schools relate to practice?
- Why is “person” and abstract composite?
- How does karma go from one life to the next?
- When I touch the table do I touch the basis?
- Are wholes and parts dependent on each other?
- Are there different levels of dependent designation?
- Explain the three types of dependent origination
- Does dependent designation mean things don’t exist until they are given a name?
- How are the second and third level of dependency different?
- What are some beginning texts to study Madhyamaka?
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.
