A zillion reasons to love sentient beings
Venerable Sangye Khadro 
Love and Self-esteem 
Mar 10, 2025 An online talk hosted by Tushita Meditation Centre for their 2025 Days of Miracles program
- The definition of loving-kindness
- How anger obstructs kindness
- Methods to increase loving-kindness
- The advantages of loving-kindness
- Guided meditation on loving-kindness
- Appreciating the kindness received from our mothers
- What the Metta sutra says about kindness
- Questions and answers
- How do you receive food at the Abbey?
- How do we repay the kindness of people we find difficult?
- What do we do if our practice is declining?
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.
