--- title: "14 Helping Quotes By Tenzin Palmo" description: "14 Helping quotes by Tenzin Palmo. Plus more from Tenzin Palmo and more Helping sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/584/tenzin-palmo-1431_firsts_first-you-have-to-help-yourself-2761420_2761420.png" --- > [First you have to help yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/first-you-have-to-help-yourself/) [Tenzin Palmo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tenzin-palmo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/584/tenzin-palmo-1431_firsts_first-you-have-to-help-yourself-2761420_2761420.png) > [Even if one isn't a committed Buddhist, it just helps us become better human beings.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/even-if-one-isn-t-a-committed-buddhist-it-just-helps-us-become-better/) [Tenzin Palmo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tenzin-palmo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f09/tenzin-palmo-1431_buddhism_even-if-one-isn-t-a-committed-buddhist-i_1078557.png) > [People should find what approach really speaks to them, and then do it. Obviously, better with a good teacher, who can help…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/people-should-find-what-approach-really-speaks-to-them-and-then-do-it/) [Tenzin Palmo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tenzin-palmo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f19/tenzin-palmo-1431_approach_people-should-find-what-approach-really_343196.png) > [From a Buddhist point of view, the first thing to help is yourself, to get your own mind together. And to really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/from-a-buddhist-point-of-view-the-first-thing-to-help-is-yourself-to/) [Tenzin Palmo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tenzin-palmo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c5/tenzin-palmo-1431_benefits_from-a-buddhist-point-of-view-the-first_1345208.png) > [Some students went to Milarepa and said, we should stop living in caves and meditating because we should go out and help…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/some-students-went-to-milarepa-and-said-we-should-stop-living-in/) [Tenzin Palmo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tenzin-palmo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bca/tenzin-palmo-1431_bodhisattva_some-students-went-to-milarepa-and-said_233483.png) > [The purpose of dharma is to help your mind to expand, to grow, to clarify. It should uphold us and create an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/the-purpose-of-dharma-is-to-help-your-mind-to-expand-to-grow-to/) [Tenzin Palmo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tenzin-palmo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/66f/tenzin-palmo-1431_clarity_the-purpose-of-dharma-is-to-help-your-mi_937659.png) > [Doing retreats, getting personal teachings from time to time from inspiring teachers, all of this helps to recharge our batteries. Then we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/doing-retreats-getting-personal-teachings-from-time-to-time-from/) [Tenzin Palmo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tenzin-palmo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6eb/tenzin-palmo-1431_batteries_doing-retreats-getting-personal-teaching_1564670.png) > [If you take the time to study how to be a doctor and how to use your scalpel and your medicine, then…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/22d/tenzin-palmo-1431_doctor_if-you-take-the-time-to-study-how-to-be_62649.png) > [Buddhism helps us to overcome our endless ego grasping mind to open up to something so much more spacious and genuinely meaningful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/buddhism-helps-us-to-overcome-our-endless-ego-grasping-mind-to-open/) [Tenzin Palmo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tenzin-palmo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d48/tenzin-palmo-1431_buddhism_buddhism-helps-us-to-overcome-our-endles_2548384.png) > [If you want to be a doctor, you may say, There are all these beings, they're sick, they're dying, I've got to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/if-you-want-to-be-a-doctor-you-may-say-there-are-all-these-beings/) [Tenzin Palmo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tenzin-palmo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/88f/tenzin-palmo-1431_bags_if-you-want-to-be-a-doctor-you-may-say-t_1733830.jpg) > [Basically, I want to spend my time in retreat, but to my own amazement, I agreed to help with a project to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/basically-i-want-to-spend-my-time-in-retreat-but-to-my-own-amazement/) [Tenzin Palmo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tenzin-palmo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/723/tenzin-palmo-1431_amazement_basically-i-want-to-spend-my-time-in-ret_240397.jpg) > [We live in a society which is heading in one direction, so it's good to have at least a few friends who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/we-live-in-a-society-which-is-heading-in-one-direction-so-it-s-good/) [Tenzin Palmo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tenzin-palmo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/20f/tenzin-palmo-1431_centre_we-live-in-a-society-which-is-heading-in_2213053.png) > [The point with Buddhism is that it doesn't just tell you to be good, it tells you how. It doesn't just say,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/the-point-with-buddhism-is-that-it-doesn-t-just-tell-you-to-be-good/) [Tenzin Palmo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tenzin-palmo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be4/tenzin-palmo-1431_advise_the-point-with-buddhism-is-that-it-doesn_1778510.png) > [I think it would help if, when people are first ordained, they underwent a period of strict training, maybe for several years.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/i-think-it-would-help-if-when-people-are-first-ordained-they/) [Tenzin Palmo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tenzin-palmo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/392/tenzin-palmo-1431_buddhist_i-think-it-would-help-if-when-people-are_1374814.jpg) ## Other authors on Helping ## 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/) ```json { "@context": 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