Tenzin Palmo

For some people, every door opens, and they meet just who they need to meet when they need to meet them, all…

— Tenzin Palmo

There are certain people who people think are enlightened. The problem with the word enlightenment is what you mean by it.

— Tenzin Palmo

Learn not to be too ambitious; not to expect if you have a 9-to-5 job and three kids, that you're likely to…

— Tenzin Palmo

Yes, times are not good, but when were times good? This is samsara.

— Tenzin Palmo

In the very deep darkness of this world, little pinpoints of light show up very brightly and can shine a long way.

— Tenzin Palmo

To be enlightened doesn't mean you end up stupefied and unable to function.

— Tenzin Palmo

If you've made a lot of negative seeds, and not a lot of positive seeds, even though you meet with the dharma,…

— Tenzin Palmo

The dharma is here. And the dharma is in your heart. Where else would it be?

— Tenzin Palmo

If you're meeting with the dharma, you have probably been a human being before.

— Tenzin Palmo

I remember asking my mother if she believed in reincarnation and she said that that sounded very sensible, and I thought, yes,…

— Tenzin Palmo

Tibetans - at least traditionally - are so totally permeated with the dharma that they don't see any difference between dharma and…

— Tenzin Palmo

The problem is that our inherent ignorance keeps us in samsara and unable to benefit ourselves and others on a really deep…

— Tenzin Palmo

The Buddha himself said, "I still use conceptual thinking, but I'm not formed by it." And that's the Buddha.

— Tenzin Palmo

My mother was superb. Even when I said to her, when I was nineteen, oh, I'm going to India. Her immediate reaction…

— Tenzin Palmo

You can certainly learn how to rest in the nature of the mind.

— Tenzin Palmo

Until you are open, you cannot receive.

— Tenzin Palmo

I think many monks hesitate to change things.

— Tenzin Palmo