Meditation on disturbing emotions
Venerable Sangye Khadro 
Antidotes to Afflictions 
Nov 22, 2021 Part of a series of teachings and meditations recorded for the Human Spirit: Buddhist Psychoanalytic Training Program, based in Lod, Israel.
- Relaxing tension to prepare for the meditation
- Generating a positive altruistic motivation
- Reflecting on a specific disturbing emotion you have experienced
- Looking at how the disturbing emotion has affected you
- Reflecting on it’s affects on others and your relationships
- Letting go of self-criticism for the disturbing emotion
- Applying general antidotes
- Reflecting on the impermanence of the emotion
- Seeing that the emotion is not who we are
- Recognizing we are not alone in experiencing the disturbing emotion
- Seeing it as an opportunity to transform our mind
- Dedication
Meditation on disturbing emotions (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.
