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title: "4 Distraction Quotes By Tenzin Palmo"
description: "4 Distraction quotes by Tenzin Palmo. Plus more from Tenzin Palmo and more Distraction sayings from other authors."
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> [To really be of benefit to others as the Buddha always taught, we ourselves must first get out of the swamp. One…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/to-really-be-of-benefit-to-others-as-the-buddha-always-taught-we/)

[Tenzin Palmo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tenzin-palmo/)

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> [Monastic life cuts off the distractions and emotional entanglements one becomes involved in, in the lay life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/monastic-life-cuts-off-the-distractions-and-emotional-entanglements/)

[Tenzin Palmo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tenzin-palmo/)

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> [Everyone should not be ordained, but for those who really feel that the only thing that matters in this world is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/everyone-should-not-be-ordained-but-for-those-who-really-feel-that/)

[Tenzin Palmo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tenzin-palmo/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ebf/tenzin-palmo-1431_dharma_everyone-should-not-be-ordained-but-for_1053329.png)

> [Distraction is the main problem for us all - what the Buddha called the monkey mind. We need to tame this monkey…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/distraction-is-the-main-problem-for-us-all-what-the-buddha-called-the/)

[Tenzin Palmo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tenzin-palmo/)

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## Other authors on Distraction

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-sunday-adelaja-87912.jpg) Sunday Adelaja 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/distraction/sunday-adelaja/)
- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-saul-bellow-83445.jpg) Saul Bellow 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/distraction/saul-bellow/)
- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-chuck-palahniuk-24118.jpg) Chuck Palahniuk 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/distraction/chuck-palahniuk/)
- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-shirley-geoklin-lim-85060.jpg) Shirley Geok-lin Lim 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/distraction/shirley-geok-lin-lim/)
- [Mokokoma Mokhonoana 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/distraction/mokokoma-mokhonoana/)

## More by Tenzin Palmo

> [All of us are playing roles, and there's nothing wrong with playing roles because we have to live in this world - the problem…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/all-of-us-are-playing-roles-and-there-s-nothing-wrong-with-playing/)

[Tenzin Palmo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tenzin-palmo/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/the-very-best-players-when-they-are-practicing-put-everything-they-ve/)

[Tenzin Palmo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tenzin-palmo/)

> [I really don't know what I could teach and don't really plan to teach.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/i-really-don-t-know-what-i-could-teach-and-don-t-really-plan-to-teach/)

[Tenzin Palmo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tenzin-palmo/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/if-you-go-to-any-nunnery-and-ask-them-what-the-main-obstacle-is-they/)

[Tenzin Palmo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tenzin-palmo/)

> [To really be of benefit to others as the Buddha always taught, we ourselves must first get out of the swamp. One of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/to-really-be-of-benefit-to-others-as-the-buddha-always-taught-we/)

[Tenzin Palmo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tenzin-palmo/)

> [For any practice to work, the mind which is meditating on the object must merge. Often they are facing each other. One has to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/for-any-practice-to-work-the-mind-which-is-meditating-on-the-object/)

[Tenzin Palmo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tenzin-palmo/)

> [I've often said that the seventh paramita should be a sense of humor, so we don't take ourselves too seriously.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/i-ve-often-said-that-the-seventh-paramita-should-be-a-sense-of-humor/)

[Tenzin Palmo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tenzin-palmo/)

> [If you take the time to study how to be a doctor and how to use your scalpel and your medicine, then there are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/if-you-take-the-time-to-study-how-to-be-a-doctor-and-how-to-use-your/)

[Tenzin Palmo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tenzin-palmo/)

> [If we want to be musicians, dancers or sportspeople, we can download a certain amount and watch DVDs and read books, but in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/if-we-want-to-be-musicians-dancers-or-sportspeople-we-can-download-a/)

[Tenzin Palmo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tenzin-palmo/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/realization-is-wonderful-but-you-have-to-expand-it-until-there-s-not/)

[Tenzin Palmo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tenzin-palmo/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/it-s-not-a-matter-of-how-much-you-know-or-can-define-or-how-many/)

[Tenzin Palmo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tenzin-palmo/)

> [We have compassion because of the incredible pain and suffering which we as unenlightened beings cause to ourselves and all others through our ignorance.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/we-have-compassion-because-of-the-incredible-pain-and-suffering-which/)

[Tenzin Palmo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tenzin-palmo/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/when-i-look-back-i-can-think-that-of-course-i-ve-been-lazy-and-haven/)

[Tenzin Palmo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tenzin-palmo/)

> [We do have the precious opportunity of this human life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/we-do-have-the-precious-opportunity-of-this-human-life/)

[Tenzin Palmo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tenzin-palmo/)

> [I think the problem with Western students is they're very ambitious.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/i-think-the-problem-with-western-students-is-they-re-very-ambitious/)

[Tenzin Palmo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tenzin-palmo/)

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