Meditation 101: Meditating on the breath
Venerable Sangye Khadro 
Buddhist Meditation 101 
May 3, 2021 Part of a series of talks from "Buddhist Meditation 101", an introductory course to Buddhist meditation. The online course was hosted by the Ocean of Compassion Buddhist Center, San Jose, California. Venerable Sangye Khadro provided handouts for course topics: The Seven-Point Meditation Posture, Scanning the Body, Counting the Breaths Meditation Technique, Bare Attention Meditation Excersize.
- Meditation is familiarizing the mind to positive states of mind
- The essence of Buddhism is learning to work with our mind
- Meditation posture
- Guided body scan and meditation on the breath
- Questions and answers
- How do you keep mental counting from derailing your focus?
- How long should you meditate?
- How can I counteract sleepiness during meditation?
- How do you recognize dullness and how do you counteract it?
- Bare attention meditation for mindfulness
Meditation 101 01: Meditating on the breath (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 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.
