Training in method and wisdom
63 Middle-Length Lamrim
Venerable Sangye Khadro 
Stages of the Path 
Apr 10, 2025 Part of a series of weekly teachings on Lama Tsongkhapa's Middle-Length Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment.
- Meditation on the four virtuous practices that prevent bodhicitta from degenerating in future lives
- Lama Tsongkhapa’s views on meditation and conceptual thought
- Refuting the view of Heshang on stopping conceptual thought
- Sutra citations supporting the need for both method and wisdom
- How a bodhisattva conjoins method and wisdom
- Correctly understanding statements from sutras on method and wisdom
- Questions and comments
- Are all actions done without realizing emptiness considered defiled?
- What does Heshang say is the purpose of the mind?
- The Buddha’s mind is without conception and actions are spontaneous
- Do ordinary people have nonconceptual thought?
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.
