Meditation on small acts of compassion can have big results
Venerable Sangye Khadro 
Guided Meditations 
Aug 18, 2024 A guided meditation led at Sravasti Abbey’s monthly Sharing the Dharma Day.
- We have a natural capacity for empathy and compassion
- Recitations and setting a positive motivation
- Silent meditation on the breath
- Meditation on small acts of kindness
- Recalling how others have been kind to us recently
- Recalling acts of kindness towards you in the past
- Reflect on how you felt when you acted in kindness toward others
- Think about things you can do to show kindness to others
- Generate a strong intention to bring more kindness into your interactions with others
- Dedication
Meditation on small acts of compassion can have big results (download)
The rest of the Sharing the Dharma Day talk can be found here.
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.
