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 Meditation on antidotes to jealousy
A guided meditation on identifying the faults of jealousy and apply antidotes to reduce jealousy…
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Mindfulness of the mind
Teaching on the mindfulness of mind and different ways of meditating on mindfulness of mind.
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Meditation on antidotes to arrogance
A guided meditation to recognize the faults of arrogance and apply antidotes to decrease arrogance.
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Selflessness of phenomena
A teaching on the selflessness of phenomena and how to investigate an object.
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Developing inner peace through generosity and ethica...
How Buddhist teachings can help us align with four keys to mental health: resilience, positive…
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Mindfulness of feelings and mind
Teaching on the second and third establishment of mindfulness; feelings and mind.
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Meditation on antidotes to attachment
A guided meditation on identifying the disturbing effects of attachment and applying antidotes to decrease…
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Developing inner peace through focus
Reduce negative thoughts and become more calm and attentive by focusing on the breath.
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Mindfulness of feelings
Teaching on the second establishment of mindfulness; mindfulness of feelings.
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Meditation on antidotes to anger
A guided meditation on identifying the disturbing effects of anger and applying antidotes to decrease…
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Analyzing the basis of self
Characteristics of belief in a self-sufficient substantially existent self and meditations on selflessness and emptiness.
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