Meditation on taking the bodhisattva vow
Meditation on taking the bodhisattva vow
Venerable Sangye Khadro 
Shantideva Teachings at Sravasti Abbey 
Nov 26, 2020 Part of an ongoing series of teachings based on Shantideva’s classic text, “Bodhisattvacharyavatara”, often translated as “Engaging in the Bodhisattva’s Deeds.” Venerable Thubten Chodron also refers to the outline of the commentary by Gyaltsab Dharma Rinchen and the commentary by the Abbot Dragpa Gyaltsen.
- Practice of taking the bodhisattva vows
- Meditation on taking the bodhisattva vows
- Praise of bodhicitta
- Eight analogies for bodhicitta
- Root bodhisattva downfalls:
- Praising ourselves and belittling others
- Not sharing Dharma teachings or wealth
- Not listening to others’ apologies or striking others
You can access Alex Berzin’s explanation of the root downfalls here.
25 Engaging in the Bodhisattva’s Deeds: Meditation on Taking the Bodhisattva Vow (download)
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 Ven. Thubten Chodron. Ven. Sangye Khadro took the full (bhikshuni) 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 Buddhism with many great masters including Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Lama Yeshe, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Geshe Ngawang Dhargyey, and Khensur Jampa Tegchok. She began teaching in 1979 and was a resident teacher at Amitabha Buddhist Centre in Singapore for 11 years. She has been resident teacher at the FPMT centre in Denmark since 2016, and from 2008-2015, she followed the Masters Program at the Lama Tsong Khapa Institute in Italy. Venerable Sangye Khadro has authored several books, including the best-selling How to Meditate, now in its 17th printing, which has been translated into eight languages. She has taught at Sravasti Abbey since 2017 and is now a full-time resident.
