Meditation on the benefits of fortitude
Venerable Sangye Khadro 
Working with Anger 
Aug 10, 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 useful?".
- Why we should develop patience
- Guided relaxation
- Silent meditation on the breath
- Guided analytic meditation
- Think of a situation when someone was patient with you. What did it feel like to experience another person’s patience?
- Think of a time when you were able to be patient with someone or a difficult situation. How did you feel?
- Look at how your ability to remain patient affected others
- Compare a situation where we could not be patient with the situation when we were patient and remained calm
- Conclusion: Would you like to continue as you are or increase your patience?
Meditation on the benefits of patience (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.
