The initial scope of the lamrim
01 Meditation on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment (2025)
Venerable Sangye Khadro 
Stages of the Path 
Mar 8, 2025 A series of teachings on the lamrim for Amitabha Buddhist Centre based on Venerable Khadro's book How to Meditate on the Stages of the Path
- Lamrim teachings as a roadmap to enlightenment
- Introduction to influential lamrim texts
- The initial level of the lamrim
- Rebirth and the possibility of awakening
- Disadvantages of rebirth in unfortunate states
- Methods to avoid unfortunate rebirths
- Taking refuge in the Three Jewels
- Creating virtue and avoiding non-virtue
- Guided lamrim meditation on the qualities of the Buddha
- Questions and answers
- Rebirth and the five aggregates
- Biographical information for Lama Atisha
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.
