--- title: "17 Way Quotes By Tenzin Palmo" description: "17 Way quotes by Tenzin Palmo. Plus more from Tenzin Palmo and more Way sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dcf/tenzin-palmo-1431_king_there-are-other-ways-of-benefiting-than_2674155.png" --- > [There are other ways of benefiting than by being a recognized tulku and sitting on a throne.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/there-are-other-ways-of-benefiting-than-by-being-a-recognized-tulku/) [Tenzin Palmo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tenzin-palmo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dcf/tenzin-palmo-1431_king_there-are-other-ways-of-benefiting-than_2674155.png) > [In one way I would like to teach, but I have no qualifications to teach Westerners.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/in-one-way-i-would-like-to-teach-but-i-have-no-qualifications-to/) [Tenzin Palmo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tenzin-palmo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/435/tenzin-palmo-1431_one-way_in-one-way-i-would-like-to-teach-but-i-h_1282184.png) > [Either we're aware and present, or we're not. There is no half way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/either-we-re-aware-and-present-or-we-re-not-there-is-no-half-way/) [Tenzin Palmo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tenzin-palmo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23e/tenzin-palmo-1431_aware_either-we-re-aware-and-present-or-we-re_401100.png) > [Meditation is a way to take us to a deeper level of awareness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/meditation-is-a-way-to-take-us-to-a-deeper-level-of-awareness/) [Tenzin Palmo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tenzin-palmo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f6/tenzin-palmo-1431_awareness_meditation-is-a-way-to-take-us-to-a-deep_1723786.png) > [In the very deep darkness of this world, little pinpoints of light show up very brightly and can shine a long way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/in-the-very-deep-darkness-of-this-world-little-pinpoints-of-light/) [Tenzin Palmo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tenzin-palmo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/011/tenzin-palmo-1431_darkness_in-the-very-deep-darkness-of-this-world_3009308.png) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/330/tenzin-palmo-1431_attitude_if-we-greet-situations-with-a-positive-a_2111952.png) > [The Tibetans are good at learning many skillful ways to show that everything we do becomes dharma practice, depending on which kind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/the-tibetans-are-good-at-learning-many-skillful-ways-to-show-that/) [Tenzin Palmo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tenzin-palmo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dbb/tenzin-palmo-1431_approach_the-tibetans-are-good-at-learning-many-s_1747264.png) > [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) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab7/tenzin-palmo-1431_gains_in-a-monastic-setting-if-someone-doesn-t_579161.jpg) > [To really be of benefit to others as the Buddha always taught, we ourselves must first get out of the swamp. One…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/400/tenzin-palmo-1431_benefits_to-really-be-of-benefit-to-others-as-the_7900.png) > [When I look back I can think that of course I've been lazy and haven't practiced as much as I could 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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab1/tenzin-palmo-1431_courses_when-i-look-back-i-can-think-that-of-cou_137765.png) > [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) > [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) > [To be a nun is a very great blessing. It's a great inspiration to think that the Sangha goes all the way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/to-be-a-nun-is-a-very-great-blessing-it-s-a-great-inspiration-to/) [Tenzin Palmo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tenzin-palmo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/432/tenzin-palmo-1431_blessing_to-be-a-nun-is-a-very-great-blessing-it_789534.jpg) > [All of the external circumstances and the rude and difficult people we meet, instead of getting angry, upset, or frustrated, we see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/all-of-the-external-circumstances-and-the-rude-and-difficult-people/) [Tenzin Palmo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tenzin-palmo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15b/tenzin-palmo-1431_advice_all-of-the-external-circumstances-and-th_857979.jpg) > [We live in a society which is heading in one direction, so it's good to have at least a few friends who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/we-live-in-a-society-which-is-heading-in-one-direction-so-it-s-good/) [Tenzin Palmo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tenzin-palmo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/20f/tenzin-palmo-1431_centre_we-live-in-a-society-which-is-heading-in_2213053.png) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05f/tenzin-palmo-1431_beautiful_if-we-could-turn-around-and-stand-back-t_1998660.jpg) ## Other authors on Way ## 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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