Guided prostrations to the 35 Buddhas practice
04 Accumulating Merit and Purification (2025)
Venerable Sangye Khadro 
Teachings by Ven. Sangye Khadro 
Mar 23, 2025 
A series of teachings on accumulating merit and purification for Amitabha Buddhist Centre that took place during Venerable Khadro's 2025 Singapore Teaching Tour
- How accumulating merit and purification overlap
- The benefits of having bodhicitta as our motivation
- Guided practice of prostrations to the 35 Buddhas
- How things exist versus how we perceive them
- Questions and answers:
- Why do different buddhas have different things they purify?
- What is the difference between a god and a deity?
- How does our motivation affect the karma created by virtuous actions?
- Is it possible to justify killing if someone has a good intention?
- Is it possible for beings in the hell realm to practice purification?
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.
