Embracing common humanity
A Fearless Heart with Venerable Sangye Khadro (5/5)
Part of a series of talks on compassion hosted online by Centre Kalachakra in 2023, relying on methods from the book A Fearless Heart by Geshe Jinpa. French and English audio and video available from Centre Kalachakra.
- Meditation on Equalizing Self with Others
- Three benefits of Equalizing Self with Others
- Dissolves barriers
- Connects us with others
- Cultivates love and compassion
- Guided analytical meditation
- Stories of benefits of this meditation
- Fear of compassion towards others and self and its antidotes
- Compassion towards those who harm us
- Why and how to cultivate compassion towards all beings
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.