Meditation on the sense of self behind anger
Venerable Sangye Khadro 
Working with Anger 
Jun 8, 2025 A guided meditation led at Sravasti Abbey’s monthly Sharing the Dharma Day. You can also view the complete video of the session including the teaching on "Is anger beneficial?".
- Setting a altruistic motivation for the session
- Silent meditation on the breath
- Bring to mind a recent experience when you felt angry
- Try to get a sense of the I that is feeling angry, focus on that I behind the angry feeling
- Ask yourself, what is this I?, is it the body or a part of the body?
- Can you point to any part of the body and say that’s the I, that’s me?
- Or is the I the mind? Is there something in the changing flow of thoughts you can point to as the I?
- If you can’t find something that you can point to that is the I, that’s good
- We usually feel that the I is something real, solid, concrete and don’t question that
- Conclusion
- Dedication
Meditation on the sense of self behind anger (download)
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.
