Common precepts related to the Three Jewels
22 Middle-Length Lamrim
Venerable Sangye Khadro 
Stages of the Path 
Apr 19, 2024 Part of a series of weekly teachings on Lama Tsongkhapa's Middle-Length Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment.
- Guided meditation on taking refuge in the Dharma Jewel
- Common precepts relating to all three objects of refuge
- Recollecting their distinctions and qualities go for refuge again and again
- Recollecting their kindness make an effort to honor them and offer your food and drink
- Recollecting their great compassion establish others in this kind of practice
- Rely on the Three Jewels in whatever activities you engage in and abandon inappropriate activities
- Having understood its benefits, go for refuge there times in the morning and night
- Do not forsake your refuge even at the cost of your life or in jest
- Questions and comments
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.
