Developing inner peace through generosity and ethical living

Creating Peace in a Chaotic World with Venerable Sangye Khadro - Session 4

Part of a series of talks given to students of Amitabha Buddhist Centre in late 2021.

  • Enjoying peace and happiness through positive transformation of our minds
  • Practices for achieving resilience, positive outlook, and attention
  • Methods of practicing generosity to attain wellbeing
  • Importance of living ethically for peace of mind
  • Question and answers
    • Practicing antidotes to anger to prevent outbursts at work
    • How to avoid killing lizards and ants in daily life
    • Accepting that we cannot change every situation or person to fulfill our desires
    • Why withholding information does not necessarily lead to breaking of the precepts

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.