How to listen to teachings
Lam Rim: Study, reflect, meditate with Ven. Sangye Khadro - Session 2
Venerable Sangye Khadro 
Easy Path to Travel to Omniscience 
Apr 8, 2021 Part of a series of online teachings hosted by Thubten Norbu Ling Center in Sante Fe, New Mexico.
- A guided meditation on Shakyamuni Buddha
- The root text contains both sutra and tantra teachings
- Listening to teachings with an analytical mind
- The analogy of the three cups
- The different types of motivation
- Viewing the mind as afflicted or sick
- Relying on a spiritual teacher or “Guru devotion”
- The six preliminary practices
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.
