I think it's a meritorious action to become a monk, provided that your motivation is pure. — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
I think, for East and West, the first thing we need is a good grounding in basic Buddhadharma. — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
Obviously the dharma is every breath we take, every thought we think, every word we speak, if we do it with awareness… — 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
I do think that someone who decides to devote themselves entirely to the spiritual life, that that is more meritorious. — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
I think the difference is that when we drink tea, we just drink tea. But if you're in the presence of a… — 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
Don't be thinking that this lama over there is giving better teachings or that this lama over here is giving more secret… — 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
To be a nun is a very great blessing. It's a great inspiration to think that the Sangha goes all the way… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
If you see young tulkus when they're with other little monks, it's like in a Broadway show or something where the main… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
We try to be present when we are drinking our tea, which isn't as easy as it sounds. It's very easy to… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
Basically, I want to spend my time in retreat, but to my own amazement, I agreed to help with a project to… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
When I look back I can think that of course I've been lazy and haven't practiced as much as I could have… — 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
We make the commitment to stop for a moment and look at what the mind is doing, what mind state we are… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
We're normally caught up in the current of our thinking, feelings and emotions. With awareness, we can observe it all without being… — 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
Our thinking can create liberation or it can create imprisonment. It depends on how we use our mind. — 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
The Buddha himself said, "I still use conceptual thinking, but I'm not formed by it." And that's the Buddha. — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
You think you're enlightened. But as my lama said, when you realize the intrinsic nature of the mind, then you start to… — 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
I think if you really start practicing, the energy comes. I was always very happy and grateful for the opportunity to have… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
I think it's crucial to recognize that we are so fortunate to have this human birth where we can practice what we… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
The internet can be enormously helpful, just like books can, but I don't think it's the be all and end all for… — 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
