Developing inner peace through transforming perspectives
Creating Peace in a Chaotic World with Venerable Sangye Khadro - Session 2
Venerable Sangye Khadro 
Working with Emotions 
Nov 27, 2021 Part of a series of talks given to students of Amitabha Buddhist Centre in late 2021.
- Meditating on the impermanence of negative thoughts and emotions
- Shifting our focus towards positive experiences
- Relying on ourselves for inner peace and happiness
- Developing resilient minds through mindfulness
- Transforming perspectives towards negative situations and people
- Question and answers
- Dealing with inadvertent negative rejoicing
- Eliminating anger through compassion and determination
- Viewing the enemy as a precious teacher
- Rejecting unreasonable requests diplomatically
- Importance of making time for ourselves
- Stopping negative thoughts from arising
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.
