Venerable Sangye Khadro: In Praise of Great Compassion (Online)

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February 28, 2026 @ 9:00pm IST

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Venerable Sangye Khadro

Originally from California, Venerable Sangye Khadro (Kathleen McDonald) was ordained as a Buddhist nun in 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 Sangye Khadro took the full ordination (bhikshuni) vows.

She is the author of How to Meditate and Awakening the Kind Heart.

She completed the 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.

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