Overcoming the five hindrances
09 Ornament for Clear Realization (2024)
Venerable Sangye Khadro 
Teachings by Ven. Sangye Khadro 
Mar 6, 2024 A series of teachings for the FPMT Basic Program on chapter four of Maitreya's Ornament for Clear Realization offered by the Tse Chen Ling Center for Tibetan Buddhist Studies
- Five hindrances and their antidotes
- The purpose of meditating on the four close placements of mindfulness
- The 37 Harmonies with Awakening
- Overview of the four correct abandonings/four supreme strivings
- Overview of the four legs of magical emanation/four bases of spiritual power
- Delving more deeply into the four legs of magical emanation
The next teaching in this series:
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.
