The reason we need to seek the view
103 Middle-Length Lamrim
Venerable Sangye Khadro 
Stages of the Path 
Mar 12, 2026 Part of a series of weekly teachings on Lama Tsongkhapa's Middle-Length Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment.
- Meditation on how ignorance leads to the mental afflictions and keep us stuck in samsara
- The order of understanding the two types of selflessness—persons and phenomena
- Understanding the stages of how the mental afflictions arise depending on self-grasping
- The reason we need to seek the view that realizes selflessness
- The mere I exists but not the inherently existent I
- Apprehending the I that exists and grasping the I that does not
- The sequence of how apprehending the I progresses to grasping the I
- Questions and answers
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.
