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 Ven. Thubten Chodron. Ven. Sangye Khadro took the full (bhikshuni) 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 Buddhism with many great masters including Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Lama Yeshe, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Geshe Ngawang Dhargyey, and Khensur Jampa Tegchok. She began teaching in 1979 and was a resident teacher at Amitabha Buddhist Centre in Singapore for 11 years. She has been resident teacher at the FPMT centre in Denmark since 2016, and from 2008-2015, she followed the Masters Program at the Lama Tsong Khapa Institute in Italy. Venerable Sangye Khadro has authored several books, including the best-selling How to Meditate, now in its 17th printing, which has been translated into eight languages. She has taught at Sravasti Abbey since 2017 and is now a full-time resident.
Featured Series
37 Practices of Bodhisattvas with Venerable Sangye Khadro (2019)
Short talks by Venerable Sangye Khadro on "The 37 Practices of Bodhisattvas" by Gyelsay Togmay Zangpo.
View Series70 Topics with Venerable Sangye Khadro (2022)
70 Topics is an important study of the entire sutra path to enlightenment as presented in Maitreya's "Ornament for Clear Realization," including all the fundamental features of the basis, path and goal in the Mahayana.
View SeriesArt of Transforming Suffering Retreat with Venerable Sangye Khadro (2017)
Teachings by Venerable Sangye Khadro on the art of transforming suffering given at Sravasti Abbey in July 2017.
View SeriesKnow Your Mind with Venerable Sangye Khadro (2021)
An introduction to Buddhist psychology by Venerable Sangye Khadro. The course explores topics such as what the mind is, perception and conception, types of awareness, and the mental factors.
View SeriesMeditation 101 by Venerable Sangye Khadro (2021)
Teachings by Venerable Sangye Khadro suitable for people encountering both meditation and Buddhism for the first time.
View SeriesMind and Mental Factors with Venerable Sangye Khadro (2019)
An overview of the Buddhist psychology of mind and mental factors given during a course on Buddhist reasoning and debate in 2019.
View SeriesSeven Kinds of Awareness with Venerable Sangye Khadro (2019)
An overview of the seven kinds of awareness according to the Buddhist philosophy of mind taught as part of a course on Buddhist reasoning and debate in 2019.
View SeriesTenets with Venerable Sangye Khadro (2022)
Weekly teachings on the text "Presentation of Tenets" by Jetsun Chokyi Gyaltsen by Venerable Sangye Khadro.
View SeriesFeatured Posts
How to Meditate: Advice for daily practice
More antidotes to obstacles and how to support a daily practice.
View PostBuddhist perspectives on death
What the Buddha taught about death and the benefits of meditat...
View PostResearching the bhikshuni lineage
Can the bhikshuni ordination be traced back to the time of the...
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Inattentive perceptions, doubt, and wrong consciousn...
Venerable Sangye Khadro finishes teaching on the seven types of awareness, explaining inattentive perceptions, doubt…
View PostBeing responsible for our emotions
When disturbing emotions arise we have a choice. The Buddhist teachings offer practical methods to…
View PostSubsequent cognizers
Venerable Sangye Khadro covers the divisions of subsequent cognizers.
View PostWorking with disturbing emotions
Having compassion for ourselves by not following the disturbing emotions.
View PostThe pain of harsh words
Venerable Sangye Khadro shares how painful it is to receive and give harsh words, and…
View PostFacsimiles of direct perceivers
Venerable Sangye Khadro teaches on facsimiles of direct perceivers and inferential cognizers.
View PostReward and respect
A warning against procuring reward and respect by means of flattery, hinting, or coercion.
View PostSeven kinds of awareness
Venerable Sangye Khadro covering the division of prime and non-prime cognizers, and direct perceivers.
View PostNot diminishing ourselves
Being careful, carefully examining our motivation before mentioning the faults of others.
View PostThe mirror of the Dharma
Venerable Sangye Khadro talks about being authentic, which is to look at our errors, and…
View PostThe emptiness of the giver, the giving, and the rece...
Venerable Sangye Khadro continues with Verse 30 of the “37 Practices of Bodhisattvas,” discussing the…
View PostWhat is the mind?
Venerable Sangye Khadro covers the definition of awareness and the divisions of awareness into sense…
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