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The 37 Practices of Bodhisattvas: Verses 27-32

The 37 Practices of Bodhisattvas: Verses 27-32

Part of a series of talks presented online and hosted by Wihara Dharmakirti Palembang. A commentary on the classic thought transformation text by 14th-century Tibetan monk Gyelsay Togme Sangpo (1295-1369), whose verses explain how to transform good and bad life circumstances into our spiritual practice. Presented in English with Bahasa Indonesia translation. The text is available here.

  • Verse 27: Developing patience in the face of harm
  • Verse 28: Taking delight in virtue and dispelling laziness
  • Verse 29: The importance of concentration
  • Verse 30: Understanding the true nature of things
  • Verse 31: Examining our own faults
  • Verse 32: Avoiding the judgemental, critical mind
  • Questions and answers

The 37 Practices of Bodhisattvas: Verses 27-32 (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.