--- title: "17 Knows Quotes By Tenzin Palmo" description: "17 Knows quotes by Tenzin Palmo. Plus more from Tenzin Palmo and more Knows sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/801/tenzin-palmo-1431_education_i-really-don-t-know-what-i-could-teach-a_2866.png" --- > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/801/tenzin-palmo-1431_education_i-really-don-t-know-what-i-could-teach-a_2866.png) > [I don't know why I got reborn as a female. Maybe in my past life I had some sympathy or something for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/i-don-t-know-why-i-got-reborn-as-a-female-maybe-in-my-past-life-i-had/) [Tenzin Palmo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tenzin-palmo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/097/tenzin-palmo-1431_female_i-don-t-know-why-i-got-reborn-as-a-femal_1202620.png) > [I know many Catholic priests and nuns who use the Buddhist teachings to become better Catholics, and Jews who use them to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/i-know-many-catholic-priests-and-nuns-who-use-the-buddhist-teachings/) [Tenzin Palmo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tenzin-palmo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/733/tenzin-palmo-1431_buddhism_i-know-many-catholic-priests-and-nuns-wh_544640.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) > [The new nuns don't know that they're 'supposed' to be meek and submissive, and so in many ways they believe they can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/the-new-nuns-don-t-know-that-they-re-supposed-to-be-meek-and/) [Tenzin Palmo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tenzin-palmo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0cc/tenzin-palmo-1431_believe_the-new-nuns-don-t-know-that-they-re-sup_2274688.jpg) > [Caves are beautiful things you know. They're thermostatically controlled - warm when it's cold out and cool when it's warm. Very quiet.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/caves-are-beautiful-things-you-know-they-re-thermostatically/) [Tenzin Palmo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tenzin-palmo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14b/tenzin-palmo-1431_beautiful_caves-are-beautiful-things-you-know-they_2557247.jpg) > [As a human being, we have everything we need. It's enough suffering to give us incentive to go on, but not so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/as-a-human-being-we-have-everything-we-need-it-s-enough-suffering-to/) [Tenzin Palmo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tenzin-palmo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/20c/tenzin-palmo-1431_enough_as-a-human-being-we-have-everything-we-n_222127.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) > [We make the commitment to stop for a moment and look at what the mind is doing, what mind state we are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/we-make-the-commitment-to-stop-for-a-moment-and-look-at-what-the-mind/) [Tenzin Palmo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tenzin-palmo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d9d/tenzin-palmo-1431_accustomed_we-make-the-commitment-to-stop-for-a-mom_1149958.jpg) > [It's not a matter of how much you know or can define, or how many millions of mantras or thousands of prostrations…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa8/tenzin-palmo-1431_caring_it-s-not-a-matter-of-how-much-you-know-o_129738.png) > [We have to know what is Buddhadharma and what is not Buddhadharma. It needn't go on forever. You don't have to spend…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/we-have-to-know-what-is-buddhadharma-and-what-is-not-buddhadharma-it/) [Tenzin Palmo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tenzin-palmo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c3/tenzin-palmo-1431_buddhism_we-have-to-know-what-is-buddhadharma-and_2298211.jpg) > [Ultimately there is light and love and intelligence in this universe. And we are it, we carry that within us, it’s not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/ultimately-there-is-light-and-love-and-intelligence-in-this-universe/) [Tenzin Palmo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tenzin-palmo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e65/tenzin-palmo-1431_and-love_ultimately-there-is-light-and-love-and-i_1852239.jpg) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d85/tenzin-palmo-1431_behinds_if-you-put-a-little-pin-in-the-middle-an_2734704.png) > [My mother was superb. Even when I said to her, when I was nineteen, oh, I'm going to India. Her immediate reaction…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/my-mother-was-superb-even-when-i-said-to-her-when-i-was-nineteen-oh-i/) [Tenzin Palmo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tenzin-palmo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b4/tenzin-palmo-1431_bits_my-mother-was-superb-even-when-i-said-to_3178859.jpg) > [We have to cultivate contentment with what we have. We really don't need much. When you know this, the mind settles down.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/we-have-to-cultivate-contentment-with-what-we-have-we-really-don-t/) [Tenzin Palmo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tenzin-palmo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/837/tenzin-palmo-1431_contentment_we-have-to-cultivate-contentment-with-wh_2450673.jpg) > [We have compassion because of the incredible pain and suffering which we as unenlightened beings cause to ourselves and all others through…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f9/tenzin-palmo-1431_bodhisattva_we-have-compassion-because-of-the-incred_133456.png) > [We try to be present when we are drinking our tea, which isn't as easy as it sounds. It's very easy to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/we-try-to-be-present-when-we-are-drinking-our-tea-which-isn-t-as-easy/) [Tenzin Palmo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tenzin-palmo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d2d/tenzin-palmo-1431_blah_we-try-to-be-present-when-we-are-drinkin_2089886.jpg) ## Other authors on Knows ## 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": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/knows/tenzin-palmo/#itemlist", "name": "17 Knows Quotes By Tenzin Palmo", "numberOfItems": 17, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I really don't know what I could teach and don't really plan to teach.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Tenzin Palmo" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/i-really-don-t-know-what-i-could-teach-and-don-t-really-plan-to-teach/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/801/tenzin-palmo-1431_education_i-really-don-t-know-what-i-could-teach-a_2866.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/801/tenzin-palmo-1431_education_i-really-don-t-know-what-i-could-teach-a_2866.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/801/tenzin-palmo-1431_education_i-really-don-t-know-what-i-could-teach-a_2866.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I really don't know what I could teach and don't really plan to teach.” — Tenzin Palmo", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I don't know why I got reborn as a female. 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