Preparing for death
03 Peaceful Living, Peaceful Dying (2025)
Venerable Sangye Khadro 
Peaceful Living, Peaceful Dying Retreats 
Mar 18, 2025 A series of teachings exploring how we can prepare ourselves for death for Amitabha Buddhist Centre
- The three main points of the meditation on death
- Death is inevitable
- The time of death is uncertain
- Things we can do to prepare for death
- Overcoming attachment to loved ones, possessions and one’s body
- Why living ethically matters now and at the time of death
- Overview of different types of meditation
- How devotional practices help us generate positive states of mind
- The four opponent powers of purification
- How preparing for death enables us to help others
- Simple things we can do to prevent the death of our planet
- Questions and answers
- How can we plant seeds of virtue for our loved ones without confusing them?
- How do loved ones affect the consciousness of the person who is dying?
- Is it a non-virtue to remove someone from life support?
The first 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.
