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Meditations on equalizing and exchanging self and others

Meditations on equalizing and exchanging self and others

A sequence of 11 meditations for developing bodhicitta using the method of equalizing and exchanging self and others. The meditations were part of a series of teachings from May to July, 2022, on the “Seventy Topics and Eight Categories” a text by Jetsun Chökyi Gyältsen.

Equalizing self and others

The equality of all beings

The equality of all beings (download)

Equanimity from the view point of others

Equanimity from the view point of others (download)

Equanimity from the view point of our self

Equanimity from the view point of our self (download)

Equanimity from the view point of the ultimate truth

Equanimity from the view point of the ultimate truth (download)

The disadvantages of the self-centered attitude

The disadvantages of the self-centered attitude (download)

How the self-centered attitude causes problems in relationships

How the self-centered attitude causes problems in relationships (download)

The benefits of an attitude of cherishing others

The benefits of an attitude of cherishing others in relationships (download)

Comparing the self-centered attitude to the altruistic attitude

Comparing the self-centered attitude to the altruistic attitude (download)

Exchanging self and others

Exchanging self and others (download)

Tonglen: The practice of taking and giving with your self

Tonglen: The practice of taking and giving with your self (download)

Tonglen: The practice of taking and giving with others

Tonglen: The practice of taking and giving with others (download)

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.