Meditation on the disadvantages of anger
Venerable Sangye Khadro 
Working with Anger 
Jul 13, 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 "The Alternative of fortitude".
- Introduction to the meditation
- Setting a positive motivation for the meditation
- Guided relaxation
- Meditation on the breath
- Analytic meditation on how anger affects your body, mind and the people around you
- Bring to mind a recent situation where you felt angry or upset
- How did you feel in your body and mind?
- What was your mind saying about the other person or the situation?
- Were you seeing the person or situation in a realistic way?
- How did anger affect your actions and speech?
- How did your anger affect the others around you?
- Conclusion: Determine how you would like to be going forward in feeling anger and expressing anger
- Dedication
Meditation on the disadvantages of 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.
