Prostrations to the 35 Buddhas Practice
Venerable Sangye Khadro 
Prostrations to the 35 Buddhas 
Dec 27, 2020 Teaching on The Bodhisattvas’ Confession of Ethical Downfalls, Prostrations to the 35 Buddhas given by Venerable Sangye Khadro at Sravasti Abbey.
- Recommended reading
- Overview of karma and how we purify
- The Sutra of the Three Heaps as the source of the practice
- Visualizing during the practice
- Identified areas of the practice:
- Four opponent powers
- Six perfections
- Three heaps
- Four kayas
- Benefits of prostrations
- Advice on doing prostrations as a preliminary practice (ngöndro)
- The importance of including meditation on emptiness
- The five Buddha families and their association with the five aggregates, afflictions, and the five wisdoms
Resources
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.
