Awakening the Kind Heart
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Program Description:
A kind heart already exists within us; it's just a matter of learning how to bring it out. Join us to learn methods including meditation that will help us to embody the four immeasurables: love (loving-kindness), compassion, joy, and equanimity. By having these qualities we can benefit ourselves and others. Also, when we have these feelings, our own mind becomes more peaceful, happy, positive, and optimistic. In these difficult times, it is good for us and good for the world to cultivate these qualities.
Please join us in the center if at all possible to experience the special energy of practicing together in-person. However, if you can't come, we understand. These three sessions will also be offered on Zoom. If you can't attend all the sessions, please feel free to join us for the times you can. Tea and snacks will be available at the center and there are many nice places to enjoy lunch and a walk during the break on Saturday.
A kind heart already exists within us; it's just a matter of learning how to bring it out. Join us to learn methods including meditation that will help us to embody the four immeasurables: love (loving-kindness), compassion, joy, and equanimity. By having these qualities we can benefit ourselves and others. Also, when we have these feelings, our own mind becomes more peaceful, happy, positive, and optimistic. In these difficult times, it is good for us and good for the world to cultivate these qualities.
Please join us in the center if at all possible to experience the special energy of practicing together in-person. However, if you can't come, we understand. These three sessions will also be offered on Zoom. If you can't attend all the sessions, please feel free to join us for the times you can. Tea and snacks will be available at the center and there are many nice places to enjoy lunch and a walk during the break on Saturday.
About Ven. Sangye Khadro:
Originally from California, Ven. Sangye Khadro (Kathleen McDonald) was ordained as a Buddhist nun at Kopan Monastery, Nepal, in 1974. She has studied Buddhism with various teachers such as Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Lama Thubten Yeshe, and His Holiness the Dalai Lama. At the request of her teachers, Ven. Sangye Khadro began teaching in 1979, while living in England, and since then has taught in many countries around the world. She was a resident teacher at Amitabha Buddhist Centre, in Singapore, for 11 years. In 1988, Ven. Sangye Khadro took the full ordination (bhikshuni) vows. She is the author of How to Meditate and Awakening the Kind Heart. She completed the FPMT Masters Program in Istituto Lama Tsong Khapa, Italy, in 2013, and was on the faculty of the Human Spirit Psychoanalytic-Buddhist Training Program in Israel for seven years. She now lives in Sravasti Abbey, Washington, and teaches online.
Originally from California, Ven. Sangye Khadro (Kathleen McDonald) was ordained as a Buddhist nun at Kopan Monastery, Nepal, in 1974. She has studied Buddhism with various teachers such as Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Lama Thubten Yeshe, and His Holiness the Dalai Lama. At the request of her teachers, Ven. Sangye Khadro began teaching in 1979, while living in England, and since then has taught in many countries around the world. She was a resident teacher at Amitabha Buddhist Centre, in Singapore, for 11 years. In 1988, Ven. Sangye Khadro took the full ordination (bhikshuni) vows. She is the author of How to Meditate and Awakening the Kind Heart. She completed the FPMT Masters Program in Istituto Lama Tsong Khapa, Italy, in 2013, and was on the faculty of the Human Spirit Psychoanalytic-Buddhist Training Program in Israel for seven years. She now lives in Sravasti Abbey, Washington, and teaches online.
Registration:
Advance registration is required.
We offer all Dharma teachings and center events on a “dana” basis. This means we’re grateful for your generosity but there is no required cost to attend and no one is turned away for lack of funds.
Suggested donation amounts are provided, and we welcome you to offer what you can to help us sustain our programming and make the dharma and events like this possible. And of course, ordained sangha (ordained nuns and monks) are always welcome free of charge.
If you're not donating at this time but would like to attend, please email [email protected].
Advance registration is required.
We offer all Dharma teachings and center events on a “dana” basis. This means we’re grateful for your generosity but there is no required cost to attend and no one is turned away for lack of funds.
Suggested donation amounts are provided, and we welcome you to offer what you can to help us sustain our programming and make the dharma and events like this possible. And of course, ordained sangha (ordained nuns and monks) are always welcome free of charge.
If you're not donating at this time but would like to attend, please email [email protected].