Developing inner peace through focus
Creating Peace in a Chaotic World with Venerable Sangye Khadro - Session 3
Venerable Sangye Khadro 
Working with Emotions 
Dec 4, 2021 Part of a series of talks given to students of Amitabha Buddhist Centre in late 2021.
- Reflection on human afflictions in samsara
- Importance of positive thinking for physical and mental wellbeing
- Meditation on living beings’ innate desire for happiness
- Methods for reducing negative thoughts
- Focusing on your breath to become more calm and attentive
- Question and answers
- Engaging in Dharma practice with time constraints
- Reducing negative thoughts by focusing on your breath
- How focusing on your breath transforms the mind
- Logical sequence of the four immeasurables
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.
