
Singapore: Ven. Sangye Khadro Teaching Tour
March 1 - March 25

Singapore Teaching Tour
with Ven. Sangye Khadro
March 1-25
Dates, times, and topics below
Please consider wearing a mask to the talks to help keep our teacher safe and healthy.
Workshop: How to Meditate
March 1 and 2, 2025 10 am to 4 pm
Amitabha Buddhist Centre
44 Lorong 25A Geylang
What is meditation? Why should we practise meditation? How to practise it? These are the common questions that people have with regard to meditation. In this workshop, Venerable Khadro will explain the basic principles of meditation, how to practise the different types of meditations—such as breathing meditations, calm abiding, analytical meditation, and visualization practices—and their benefits, and guide us in the actual practice.
Accumulating Merits and Purifying
Tuesdays: March 4, 11, 18 7:30 pm to 9 pm
Concluding Retreat: March 23 10 am to 4 pm
Amitabha Buddhist Centre
44 Lorong 25A Geylang
In this series of teachings, culminating in a one-day retreat on 23 March, Venerable Khadro will explain and guide us in different methods to accumulate merit and purify negativities, such as the seven-limb prayer, recitation of sutras and mantras, prostrations to the 35 Buddhas Vajrasattva meditation, and so forth.
Workshop: Meditations on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment
March 8, 2025 10 am to 4 pm and
March 9, 2025 10 am to 12 pm
Amitabha Buddhist Centre
44 Lorong 25A Geylang
Meditations on the stages of the path to enlightenment, or Lamrim meditation, is a step-by-step method to transform the mind. By thoroughly familiarizing our mind with the lamrim topics, we can shape our natural way of thinking and living our life, to unlock our mind’s deepest potential for peace and happiness. This workshop will include explanations and guidance on how to meditate on some of the lamrim topics, based on Ven Khadro’s new book, How to Meditate on the Stages of the Path.
Art of Transforming Suffering into Happiness
Thursdays, March 6, 13, and 20 7:30 pm to 9 pm
Concluding Retreat: March 22 10 am to 4 pm
Buddhist Library
No. 2 Lorong 24A, Geylang
Suffering and problems are a natural, inevitable part of our human existence, as the Buddha pointed out in the Four Noble Truths.
Even when we take to heart the Buddha’s teachings and follow the path he showed—which leads to complete liberation from all suffering—we will inevitably run into problems along the way. If we do not know how to deal with these, we could become discouraged and want to give up our practice.
Fortunately, there are methods we can use when facing the problems and difficulties of life that enable us to remain positive, resilient, and joyful. We can even transform these problems into aids for our Dharma practice, helping us to cultivate positive qualities like wisdom and compassion, and to purify our karma and afflictions.
During these three evening talks and one-day retreat, Ven Khadro will share methods from the Tibetan Mind Training (lojong) and Path to Enlightenment (lamrim) teachings on how to transform suffering, and will guide meditations on these.
For more information and to register, see the Buddhist Library’s Event Page.

Workshop: Peaceful Living, Peaceful Dying
March 15, 2025 10 am to 4 pm and
March 16, 2025 10 am to 12 pm
Amitabha Buddhist Centre
44 Lorong 25A Geylang
Each of us will have to go through the experience of dying at some point in our life, and before that happens, we will most probably experience the deaths of loved ones and friends. In this workshop we will explore ways in which we can prepare ourselves for death—to be able to die with a peaceful and positive state of mind—and ways we can be of benefit to others when they are dying.
Refuge and Five Precepts
March 16, 2025 2 pm to 4 pm
Amitabha Buddhist Centre
44 Lorong 25A Geylang
Venerable Khadro will give refuge and the five lay precepts, a precious opportunity for ABC students to receive or renew the refuge vow and precepts..
To take part in the ceremony, please register using this form.
All Abbey Dharma programs are offered freely, and your offering is welcomed.
More about the teacher
California-born, Ven. Sangye Khadro ordained as a Buddhist nun at Kopan Monastery in Nepal  in 1974, and took the full (bhikshuni) ordination in 1988. She 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. In addition to Awakening the Kind Heart, she is the author of several books, including How to Meditate, now in its 17th printing. In 2024 she published How to Meditate on the Stages of the Path: A Guide to the Lamrim.