Object ascertaining mental factors
Venerable Sangye Khadro 
Buddhist Reasoning and Debate 
Jun 13, 2019 As a supplement to the topic of Buddhist debate, Venerable Sangye Khadro teaches on mind and mental factors.
- Omnipresent and object-ascertaining mental factors
- Three-fold aspiration as well as mistaken and realistic appreciation
- The importance, different types and usage of mindfulness
- The connection between concentration and wisdom
- Four types of virtue and discussion of faith
02 Mind and Mental Factors: Object Ascertaining Mental Factors (download)
The handout for this teaching can be viewed here.
The root text can be viewed here.
The mental factor chart can be viewed here.
We are grateful to the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (FPMT) for giving us permission to use their translation of Kachen Yeshe Gyeltsen’s text and the chart of the 51 mental factors for this class. Please consider supporting the FPMT translation fund here.
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.
