Transforming the mind
01 Awakening the Kind Heart - 2020 retreat
Venerable Sangye Khadro 
Cultivating the Four Immeasurables 
Nov 27, 2020 Part of a series of talks by Venerable Sangye Khadro based on her book Awakening the Kind Heart given during a retreat at Sravasti Abbey in November 2020.
- Short introduction to Venerable Khadro’s book and to Buddhism
- The Four Noble Truths
- The Four Immeasurable Thoughts: loving-kindness, compassion, joy, equanimity
- The Buddhist understanding of mind
- Transforming our mind as the essence of Buddhism
- Decreasing negative states of mind
- Developing positive states of mind
- Learning not to identify with our states of mind
- Learning not to be judgmental about our states of mind
- Mindfulness in meditation and everyday life
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.
