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.
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Easy Path to Travel to Omniscience with Venerable Sangye Khadro
Teachings on the stages of the path to awakening by Venerable Sangye Khadro hosted by Thubten Norbu Ling Center in New Mexico, USA.
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Introduction to Tantra with Venerable Sangye Khadro 2021 and 2023
Teachings on Tantra (Vajrayana), including its relationship with other Buddhist practices, the correct motivation, preparation for practice, and extensive topics covering emptiness. Covers two series from 2021 and 2023.
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Meditation 101 by Venerable Sangye Khadro (2021)
Teachings by Venerable Sangye Khadro suitable for people encountering both meditation and Buddhism for the first time.
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Middle-Length Lamrim with Venerable Sangye Khadro (2023-present)
Ongoing teachings on the Middle-Length Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment by Lama Tsongkhapa. Streamed live on the Sravasti Abbey YouTube channel on Thursday mornings at 9 am Pacific Time.
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Tenets with Venerable Sangye Khadro (2022)
Weekly teachings on the text "Presentation of Tenets" by Jetsun Chokyi Gyaltsen by Venerable Sangye Khadro.
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Venerable Sangye Khadro How to Meditate: Advice for daily practice
More antidotes to obstacles and how to support a daily practice.
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Buddhist perspectives on death
What the Buddha taught about death and the benefits of meditat...
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Researching the bhikshuni lineage
Can the bhikshuni ordination be traced back to the time of the...
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Venerable Sangye Khadro More on the emptiness of uncompounded phenomena
Why uncompounded phenomena are empty of inherent existence.
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Uncompounded phenomena also lack true existent
Establishing the lack of inherent existence of permanent phenomena.
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Logical Proof of Dependent Arising
Applying reasoning to refute inherent existence of phenomena.
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Selflessness of phenomena & proof of dependent ...
That which arises dependently is free of inherent existence.
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Fallacious and correct illusion-like appearances
The correct and incorrect meaning of appearing like an illusion.
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Refuting self and aggregates as inherently different
Concluding the 4 point analysis refuting an inherently existent self.
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Compassion in troubled times
The true meaning of compassion and how developing this quality benefits ourselves and others.
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Cultivating a daily meditation practice
How cultivating a daily meditation practice can help us find emotional balance.
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Determining the I doesn’t inherently exist
Using the four point analysis to refute inherent existence.
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