Overcoming obstacles to kindness
01 Awakening the Kind Heart with Venerable Sangye Khadro
Venerable Sangye Khadro 
Cultivating the Four Immeasurables 
Apr 23, 2022 Part of a series of talks by Venerable Sangye Khadro based on her book Awakening the Kind Heart given during a retreat at Sravasti Abbey in April 2022.
- The universality of kindness as a quality and human value
- What stops us from being kind
- The importance of becoming more mindful of our experiences
- What helps us develop more kindness:
- Reducing the factors that prevent us from being kind
- Increasing our familiarity with kindness through awareness, associations, and choices
- Introduction to meditation on loving-kindness
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.
