As my lama always told me, I learned that I practice better when I'm by myself. — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
You think you're enlightened. But as my lama said, when you realize the intrinsic nature of the mind, then you start to… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
When Tibetan lamas die they stay in a realization of clear light nature of the mind for several days or weeks. — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
Tibetans - at least traditionally - are so totally permeated with the dharma that they don't see any difference between dharma and… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
The big lamas coming from Tibet, Ladakh, India - everywhere - have been very friendly. But I don't figure in their world.… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
When I look back I can think that of course I've been lazy and haven't practiced as much as I could have… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
Don't be thinking that this lama over there is giving better teachings or that this lama over here is giving more secret… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
For some people, every door opens, and they meet just who they need to meet when they need to meet them, all… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
In the texts, and as His Holiness the Dalai Lama reminds us, we should check the person's behavior not when they're sitting… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
We do look for inspiration amongst our own sex. Why not? You go into temples and they're full of all the lineage… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
All of us are playing roles, and there's nothing wrong with playing roles because we have to live in this world - the problem… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share
The very best players, when they are practicing, put everything they've got into it. But then they leave it for a while. And it's… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share
If you go to any nunnery and ask them what the main obstacle is, they'll always say low self-esteem and lack of confidence. It… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share
To really be of benefit to others as the Buddha always taught, we ourselves must first get out of the swamp. One of the… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share
For any practice to work, the mind which is meditating on the object must merge. Often they are facing each other. One has to… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share
I've often said that the seventh paramita should be a sense of humor, so we don't take ourselves too seriously. — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share
If you take the time to study how to be a doctor and how to use your scalpel and your medicine, then there are… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share
If we want to be musicians, dancers or sportspeople, we can download a certain amount and watch DVDs and read books, but in the… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share
Realization is wonderful, but you have to expand it until there's not a single defilement left in the mind and the mind is completely… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share
It's not a matter of how much you know or can define, or how many millions of mantras or thousands of prostrations you have… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share
We have compassion because of the incredible pain and suffering which we as unenlightened beings cause to ourselves and all others through our ignorance.… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share
When I look back I can think that of course I've been lazy and haven't practiced as much as I could have and have… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share
