The time of death is uncertain
02 Peaceful Living, Peaceful Dying (2025)
Venerable Sangye Khadro 
Peaceful Living, Peaceful Dying Retreats 
Mar 18, 2025 A series of teachings exploring how we can prepare ourselves for death for Amitabha Buddhist Centre
- The practice of tonglen for managing pain at death
- Strategies for dealing with anxiety and fear
- How positive and negative experiences affect our brain
- The time of death is uncertain
- There’s nothing definite about our lifespan
- There are many things that can cause death
- Our human body is very fragile
- Guided meditation on the uncertainty of the time of death
- Questions and answers
- If buddhas and bodhisattvas are reborn in pure lands how do they benefit beings in samsara?
- Are women or men drawn more to spiritual practice?
- How can I talk about death with a person who does not believe in rebirth?
- How do we deal with attachment to family during the meditation on death?
- Why relying on friends and relatives will not help us at the time of death
- The disadvantages of attachment to loved ones, possessions and one’s body
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.
