--- title: "14 Needs Quotes By Tenzin Palmo" description: "14 Needs quotes by Tenzin Palmo. Plus more from Tenzin Palmo and more Needs sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f2a/tenzin-palmo-1431_east_i-think-for-east-and-west-the-first-thin_909644.png" --- > [I think, for East and West, the first thing we need is a good grounding in basic Buddhadharma.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/i-think-for-east-and-west-the-first-thing-we-need-is-a-good-grounding/) [Tenzin Palmo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tenzin-palmo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f2a/tenzin-palmo-1431_east_i-think-for-east-and-west-the-first-thin_909644.png) > [We need to be sincere in our practice, but at the same time we can't take ourselves too seriously.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/we-need-to-be-sincere-in-our-practice-but-at-the-same-time-we-can-t/) [Tenzin Palmo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tenzin-palmo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/608/tenzin-palmo-1431_needs_we-need-to-be-sincere-in-our-practice-bu_594910.png) > [Just entering into the dharma and taking refuge and bodhisattva vows is a tremendous amount of merit, but we need more and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/just-entering-into-the-dharma-and-taking-refuge-and-bodhisattva-vows/) [Tenzin Palmo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tenzin-palmo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ea/tenzin-palmo-1431_amount_just-entering-into-the-dharma-and-taking_932891.png) > [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) > [On a relative level where we live, we need to have a sense of identity, otherwise we'd fall apart, wouldn't we?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/on-a-relative-level-where-we-live-we-need-to-have-a-sense-of-identity/) [Tenzin Palmo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tenzin-palmo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e94/tenzin-palmo-1431_alike_on-a-relative-level-where-we-live-we-nee_1974730.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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca5/tenzin-palmo-1431_distraction_distraction-is-the-main-problem-for-us-a_2339053.png) > [We don't always need to be sitting at the foot of the teacher, but from time to time we need someone who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/we-don-t-always-need-to-be-sitting-at-the-foot-of-the-teacher-but/) [Tenzin Palmo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tenzin-palmo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/790/tenzin-palmo-1431_education_we-don-t-always-need-to-be-sitting-at-th_768693.png) > [The internet can be enormously helpful, just like books can, but I don't think it's the be all and end all for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/the-internet-can-be-enormously-helpful-just-like-books-can-but-i-don/) [Tenzin Palmo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tenzin-palmo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e99/tenzin-palmo-1431_book_the-internet-can-be-enormously-helpful-j_2970505.png) > [For some people, every door opens, and they meet just who they need to meet when they need to meet them, all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/for-some-people-every-door-opens-and-they-meet-just-who-they-need-to/) [Tenzin Palmo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tenzin-palmo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b71/tenzin-palmo-1431_conditions_for-some-people-every-door-opens-and-the_2980686.png) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/856/tenzin-palmo-1431_amount_if-we-want-to-be-musicians-dancers-or-sp_93042.png) > [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) > [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 to dwell continually on the dark side creates gloom and despair and anger and hatred, and that just adds to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/i-think-to-dwell-continually-on-the-dark-side-creates-gloom-and/) [Tenzin Palmo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tenzin-palmo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc6/tenzin-palmo-1431_add_i-think-to-dwell-continually-on-the-dark_946336.jpg) > [Each of us has something to do in this lifetime. We all have negative emotions to be purified and positive emotions to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/each-of-us-has-something-to-do-in-this-lifetime-we-all-have-negative/) [Tenzin Palmo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tenzin-palmo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/633/tenzin-palmo-1431_can-do_each-of-us-has-something-to-do-in-this-l_2259032.jpg) ## Other authors on Needs ## 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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