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 Not diminishing ourselves
Being careful, carefully examining our motivation before mentioning the faults of others.
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The mirror of the Dharma
Venerable Sangye Khadro talks about being authentic, which is to look at our errors, and…
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The emptiness of the giver, the giving, and the rece...
Venerable Sangye Khadro continues with Verse 30 of the “37 Practices of Bodhisattvas,” discussing the…
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What is the mind?
Venerable Sangye Khadro covers the definition of awareness and the divisions of awareness into sense…
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Developing concentration takes practice
How concentration is not easy, but we keep working at it.
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Joyous effort, not perfection
Joyous effort and the three types of laziness and their antidotes.
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What patience feels like
Venerable Sangye Khadro continues on Verse 27 of the “37 Practices of Bodhisattvas,” comparing patience…
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What exactly is ethics?
How ethics is the virtuous thought to abandon both harming others and the thoughts that…
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Decreasing miserliness and increasing generosity
Venerable Sangye Khadro explains Verse 25 of the “37 Practices of Bodhisattvas.” She talks about…
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The bodhisattva’s job is to wake us up
Venerable Sangye Khadro explains Verse 24 of the “37 Practices of Bodhisattvas.” She talks about…
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Misperception of how things appear
Venerable Sangye Khadro explains Verse 23 of the “37 Practices of Bodhisattvas.” Explaining emptiness and…
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Emptiness: Everything depends on our mind
Venerable Sangye Khadro explains Verse 22 of the “37 Practices of Bodhisattvas.” Learning about emptiness…
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