Compassion for oneself, compassion for others
Venerable Sangye Khadro 
Working with Emotions 
Nov 3, 2023 A talk given during the Metta Convention, organized by Metta Centre in Sydney, Australia in 2023.
- Hard to have compassion for others if we are self-critical and self-hateful
- Story about H.H. Dalai Lama shocked that so many people experience low self-esteem
- Self-compassion is included in Buddhist teachings, but it’s called renunciation
- Renunciation is the determination to be free from cyclic existence
- Compassion arises when you recognize suffering and feel the need to do something to relieve it
- Self-love vs self-indulgence
- Methods to develop self-compassion
- Elements of self-compassion
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.
