When we read history we find that in all ages people have thought, this is the dark age. — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
People talk over and over about bodhichitta, but so often their heart is quite cold. — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
It's interesting to see people's projections because one lives very much in the world of projections. — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
In fact there are beautiful people in this world doing incredibly selfless acts over and over and over. Dedicating their lives completely… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
If you become a monk because it's an easy life, because you're going to be fed, and sheltered and people will respect… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
The world is full of incredible people who are embodiments of compassion. Some of them have a spiritual path; some of them… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
Other people may tell us, "Oh, you're so much nicer." Of course you can't hope that other people will tell you that… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
I'd say look at the teacher's students. Do you want to be like them? If you see a good and harmonious sangha,… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
You see people swimming, and you think, oh, how wonderful to swim. But most people stand on the edge swaying back and… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
Why do some people, when they want to practice, keep coming against problems and difficulties, and obstacles - inner obstacles and outer… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
Sometimes people come and they have so much pain and confusion in their eyes... what to do? A few words is a… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
All of the external circumstances and the rude and difficult people we meet, instead of getting angry, upset, or frustrated, we see… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
Most of the people I talk to are not going to go off and live in a cave. Why should they? So… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
In the early '60s there was very little reliable information on Tibetan Buddhism. I was living in London and I had joined… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
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… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
Perhaps Westerners are in a better position to practice true renunciation than uneducated Orientals because most Western people, by the time they… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
I think to dwell continually on the dark side creates gloom and despair and anger and hatred, and that just adds to… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
In the texts, and as His Holiness the Dalai Lama reminds us, we should check the person's behavior not when they're sitting… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
In India many people come to discuss things with me. I sometimes say that half of them come saying, "I have a… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
I think it would help if, when people are first ordained, they underwent a period of strict training, maybe for several years.… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
It's not a matter of how much you know or can define, or how many millions of mantras or thousands of prostrations… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
I've always loved the Sangha. I have the deepest, deepest respect for them. I'm very sorry that in the West people don't… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
We only think about the difficult people and the horrible things that happen. That's what gets all the media attention. — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
People should find what approach really speaks to them, and then do it. Obviously, better with a good teacher, who can help… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
People get very deep experiences and they think they're enlightened. That's not enlightenment, that's just some realization. — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
There are certain people who people think are enlightened. The problem with the word enlightenment is what you mean by it. — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
Many people are benefiting beings, but from a dharma point of view, if you are a dharma practitioner, then the first priority… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
A lot of people with the purest motivation end up getting completely burned out. And that's because they lack the wisdom and… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
There are many wonderfully qualified teachers out there, but that doesn't mean that each teacher is suitable to the same person, anymore… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
I don't think I've changed anything, but I hope that by my talks I have encouraged people in their practice. That's as… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
For some people, every door opens, and they meet just who they need to meet when they need to meet them, all… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
All of us are playing roles, and there's nothing wrong with playing roles because we have to live in this world - the problem… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
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… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
I really don't know what I could teach and don't really plan to teach. — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
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… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
To really be of benefit to others as the Buddha always taught, we ourselves must first get out of the swamp. One of the… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
For any practice to work, the mind which is meditating on the object must merge. Often they are facing each other. One has to… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
I've often said that the seventh paramita should be a sense of humor, so we don't take ourselves too seriously. — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
If you take the time to study how to be a doctor and how to use your scalpel and your medicine, then there are… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
If we want to be musicians, dancers or sportspeople, we can download a certain amount and watch DVDs and read books, but in the… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
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… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
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… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
We have compassion because of the incredible pain and suffering which we as unenlightened beings cause to ourselves and all others through our ignorance.… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
