Balancing the spiritual and material
Women of Wisdom: Heart Advice for a Compassionate World (2002)
Venerable Sangye Khadro 
21st Century Buddhists 
Feb 9, 2002 Venerable Sangye Khadro gives a talk on balancing our spiritual and material life as part of the lecture series "Women of Wisdom" hosted by Tse Chen Ling Center for Tibetan Buddhist Studies in 2002.
- Discovering the middle way
- Importance of understanding attachment
- Difference between attachment and love
- Disadvantages of attachment and antidotes to it
- Bringing more spiritual practice into our lives
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.
