Five remembrances
Good Grief Retreat (2023) Part 1
Venerable Sangye Khadro 
Dealing with Grief 
Oct 7, 2023 A short retreat on grief, hosted online by Sravasti Abbey in October 2023 with the book Good Grief by Granger Westburg as a resource.
- Story about a woman grieving her baby’s death, and the importance of sharing our grief
- It takes time to recover from grief
- The Buddha’s first teaching and the truth of suffering (duhkha)
- Sources of grief are not limited to the death of loved ones
- Kinds of grief described in the West
- Grief can be affected by an individual’s views and experiences
- Five contemplations recommended by the Buddha (Five Remembrances)
- Meditation on the Five Remembrances
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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 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.
