Introduction to Buddhist tenets
Introduction to Buddhist tenets
Venerable Sangye Khadro 
Tenets with Ven. Sangye Khadro 
Apr 12, 2022 Part of a series of teachings given during a course on the four Buddhist tenet schools by Venerable Sangye Khadro at Sravasti Abbey. Handouts for the course included “The Four Schools of Tenets, Their Founders and Proponents” and “Presentation of Tenets by Venerable Manjushri Chokyi Gyaltsen”. There were also slides used during the talk.
- The purpose of studying tenets
- The four tenet schools were taught by the Buddha
- Reasons for studying tenets
- The four seals
- The division and order of the Buddhist tenet schools
Introduction to Buddhist tenets (download)
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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 Ven. Thubten Chodron. Ven. Sangye Khadro took the full (bhikshuni) 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 Buddhism with many great masters including Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Lama Yeshe, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Geshe Ngawang Dhargyey, and Khensur Jampa Tegchok. She began teaching in 1979 and was a resident teacher at Amitabha Buddhist Centre in Singapore for 11 years. She has been resident teacher at the FPMT centre in Denmark since 2016, and from 2008-2015, she followed the Masters Program at the Lama Tsong Khapa Institute in Italy. Venerable Sangye Khadro has authored several books, including the best-selling How to Meditate, now in its 17th printing, which has been translated into eight languages. She has taught at Sravasti Abbey since 2017 and is now a full-time resident.
