Secondary misdeeds 23-32
Secondary misdeeds 23-32
Venerable Sangye Khadro 
Shantideva Teachings at Sravasti Abbey 
Jan 7, 2021 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.
- Faulty actions detrimental to training in far-reaching joyous effort:
- Resorting to passing time with stories, out of attachment
- Faulty actions detrimental to training in far-reaching concentration:
- Not seeking the means for gaining absorbed concentration
- Not ridding ourselves of the hindrances to mental stability
- Regarding the taste of bliss from gaining mental stability as its main advantage
- Faulty actions detrimental to training in far-reaching wisdom:
- Forsaking the fundamental vehicle
- Exerting effort in studying fundamental vehicle discourses while neglecting study and practice of the Mahayana
- Exerting effort in studying non-Buddhist texts when it is not to be done
- Becoming infatuated with studying non-Buddhist texts and practices
- Forsaking the Mahayana vehicle
- Praising yourself or belittling others out of anger or arrogance
You can access Alex Berzin’s explanation of the secondary misdeeds here.
30 Engaging in the Bodhisattva’s Deeds: Secondary Misdeeds 23-32 (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.
