The benefits of mindfulness meditations
05 Four Establishments of Mindfulness (2025)
Venerable Sangye Khadro 
Mindfulness 
Oct 12, 2025 Part of a series of teachings given during a weekend retreat that was hosted by Tushita Meditation Centre in Viladrau, Spain
- Guided meditation investigating how we identify with our body
- The purpose of mindfulness meditations
- How attachment to the body keeps us stuck
- The analogy of two arrows of suffering
- How working with attachment to the body helps at the time of death
- Questions and answers
- How to use suffering in meditation
- How to work with strong emotions in meditation
- Introduction to mindfulness of sensations
- Three types of feelings/sensations
The next teaching in this series:
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.
