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title: "33 Ifs Quotes By Tenzin Palmo"
description: "33 Ifs quotes by Tenzin Palmo. Plus more from Tenzin Palmo and more Ifs sayings from other authors."
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> [It takes a tremendous amount of merit to meet with the dharma - especially if you have an interest in it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/it-takes-a-tremendous-amount-of-merit-to-meet-with-the-dharma/)

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

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> [If nuns begin getting more empowered, where does that leave us?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/if-nuns-begin-getting-more-empowered-where-does-that-leave-us/)

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

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> [If you're meeting with the dharma, you have probably been a human being before.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/if-you-re-meeting-with-the-dharma-you-have-probably-been-a-human/)

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

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> [If you just follow your inner calling, then you just go ahead.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/if-you-just-follow-your-inner-calling-then-you-just-go-ahead/)

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

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> [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/)

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> [I remember asking my mother if she believed in reincarnation and she said that that sounded very sensible, and I thought, yes,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/i-remember-asking-my-mother-if-she-believed-in-reincarnation-and-she/)

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

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> [If we greet situations with a positive attitude, we will eventually create positive returns. If we respond with a negative attitude, negative…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/if-we-greet-situations-with-a-positive-attitude-we-will-eventually/)

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

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> [If you lose interest in the dharma, then you might be reborn in a place where you are unlikely to meet with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/if-you-lose-interest-in-the-dharma-then-you-might-be-reborn-in-a/)

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

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> [I think if you really start practicing, the energy comes. I was always very happy and grateful for the opportunity to have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/i-think-if-you-really-start-practicing-the-energy-comes-i-was-always/)

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

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> [I think the difference is that when we drink tea, we just drink tea. But if you're in the presence of a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/i-think-the-difference-is-that-when-we-drink-tea-we-just-drink-tea/)

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

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> [At one time I thought that if I could really understand renunciation and bodhichitta from the depths of my heart, then, for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/at-one-time-i-thought-that-if-i-could-really-understand-renunciation/)

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

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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…](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/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/in-a-monastic-setting-if-someone-doesn-t-want-to-obey-the-rules-and/)

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

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> [Buddhism is the most active one! The whole time, we're dealing with the mind and how to tame it, and how to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/buddhism-is-the-most-active-one-the-whole-time-we-re-dealing-with-the/)

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

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> [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/)

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> [If you don't find that people find you're easier to live with than you were before, if you don't find that your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/if-you-don-t-find-that-people-find-you-re-easier-to-live-with-than/)

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

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> [If you put a little pin in the middle and you make a little space, a little circle, then the nature of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/if-you-put-a-little-pin-in-the-middle-and-you-make-a-little-space-a/)

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

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> [The dharma is the most precious thing in the world and we should put it at the center of our hearts and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/the-dharma-is-the-most-precious-thing-in-the-world-and-we-should-put/)

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

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> [If you go to any nunnery and ask them what the main obstacle is, they'll always say low self-esteem and lack of…](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/)

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> [When you learn an instrument, it takes an awful lot of time to just learn the scales, and then eventually when you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/when-you-learn-an-instrument-it-takes-an-awful-lot-of-time-to-just/)

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

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> [One of the advantages of being born in an affluent society is that if one has any intelligence at all, one will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/one-of-the-advantages-of-being-born-in-an-affluent-society-is-that-if/)

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

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> [If we could turn around and stand back, then we would see the whole complete pattern. And therefore what we have to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/if-we-could-turn-around-and-stand-back-then-we-would-see-the-whole/)

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

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> [Many people are benefiting beings, but from a dharma point of view, if you are a dharma practitioner, then the first priority…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/many-people-are-benefiting-beings-but-from-a-dharma-point-of-view-if/)

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

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> [If you're born in the higher realms, then it's too pleasant, and you don't have any incentive to practice. If you're born…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/if-you-re-born-in-the-higher-realms-then-it-s-too-pleasant-and-you/)

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

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> [I'd say look at the teacher's students. Do you want to be like them? If you see a good and harmonious sangha,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/i-d-say-look-at-the-teacher-s-students-do-you-want-to-be-like-them-if/)

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

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> [If you've made a lot of negative seeds, and not a lot of positive seeds, even though you meet with the dharma,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/if-you-ve-made-a-lot-of-negative-seeds-and-not-a-lot-of-positive/)

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

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> [Obviously the dharma is every breath we take, every thought we think, every word we speak, if we do it with awareness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/obviously-the-dharma-is-every-breath-we-take-every-thought-we-think/)

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

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> [If you become a monk because it's an easy life, because you're going to be fed, and sheltered and people will respect…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/if-you-become-a-monk-because-it-s-an-easy-life-because-you-re-going/)

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

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> [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/)

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> [Learn not to be too ambitious; not to expect if you have a 9-to-5 job and three kids, that you're likely to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/learn-not-to-be-too-ambitious-not-to-expect-if-you-have-a-9-to-5-job/)

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

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/even-if-the-hermits-do-not-appear-to-benefit-other-beings-with-their/)

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

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> [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/)

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> [If you see young tulkus when they're with other little monks, it's like in a Broadway show or something where the main…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/if-you-see-young-tulkus-when-they-re-with-other-little-monks-it-s/)

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

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## Other authors on Ifs

## 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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