Giving Quotes by Tenzin Palmo

11 Giving quotes by Tenzin Palmo

Tenzin Palmo’s eleven brief reflections on generosity bring a calm, contemplative voice to the topic. The excerpts are short enough to read in a moment, yet they hint at a deeper spiritual practice.

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In a monastic setting, if someone doesn't want to obey the rules and just wants to live the way they've always lived…

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If we want to be musicians, dancers or sportspeople, we can download a certain amount and watch DVDs and read books, but…

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There is an enormous joy and satisfaction in doing what you really want to do and are best fitted to do. When…

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Don't be thinking that this lama over there is giving better teachings or that this lama over here is giving more secret…

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We do look for inspiration amongst our own sex. Why not? You go into temples and they're full of all the lineage…

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We don't always need to be sitting at the foot of the teacher, but from time to time we need someone who…

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As a human being, we have everything we need. It's enough suffering to give us incentive to go on, but not so…

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We're normally caught up in the current of our thinking, feelings and emotions. With awareness, we can observe it all without being…

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The point with Buddhism is that it doesn't just tell you to be good, it tells you how. It doesn't just say,…

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Even if the hermits do not appear to benefit other beings with their presence or teachings, still they are enormously inspiring to…

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We have to cultivate contentment with what we have. We really don't need much. When you know this, the mind settles down.…

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