The four characteristics of karma
02 Accumulating Merit and Purification (2025)
Venerable Sangye Khadro 
Teachings by Ven. Sangye Khadro 
Mar 13, 2025 A series of teachings on accumulating merit and purification for Amitabha Buddhist Centre that took place during Venerable Khadro's 2025 Singapore Teaching Tour
- How generosity benefits others and ourselves
- Guided meditation on transforming and giving our body
- Investigating different motivations we might have
- Buddha nature and why purification is possible
- How karma is a system of cause and effect
- Outlining the four characteristics of karma
- The ten non-virtues that lead to suffering
- Questions and answers:
- Is killing non-virtuous if done to prevent more harm in the future?
- What is the difference between repentance and purification?
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.
