Mind is the source of happiness and suffering
01 Finding Joy in Troubled Times (2025)
Venerable Sangye Khadro 
Thought Training 
May 2, 2025 A series of teachings from the "Finding Joy in Troubled Times" retreat at Sravasti Abbey during which Venerable Sangye Khadro discussed how to transform difficulties into opportunities for spiritual growth
- Guided relaxation and breathing meditation
- Working with pain: analogy of the arrow
- Wisdom of impermanence
- Qualities of the mind:
- Non-physical and intangible
- That which experiences
- Happiness is not dependent on external factors
- Lojong: mind training teachings
- Questions and answers:
- The balance between doing the internal work and working to change society
- The meaning of the second arrow and the grief process
Part 2 of Finding Joy In troubled Times (2025):
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.
