Buddhist perspectives on death and dying
01 Peaceful Living, Peaceful Dying (2025)
Venerable Sangye Khadro 
Peaceful Living, Peaceful Dying Retreats 
Mar 15, 2025 A series of teachings exploring how we can prepare ourselves for death for Amitabha Buddhist Centre
- The importance of learning about death and dying
- Overview of Buddhist texts related to death and dying
- The importance of taking advantage of a precious human life
- How having a peaceful mind helps at the time of death
- The benefits of being mindful of death
- Disadvantages of not being mindful of death
- Guided nine-point meditation on death
- Questions and answers
- Advice for talking about death with those who have dementia
- How to handle fear that arises during meditation on death
- Medication and methods we can use to handle pain
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.
