Tenzin Palmo

To want not to want, you'll tie yourself in knots. So this is why the Tibetans always say, just relax the mind…

— Tenzin Palmo

Since I was a small child, I'd believed we were inherently perfect, and that we had to keep coming back again and…

— Tenzin Palmo

This is a time that calls for extreme restraint. In a world of outright aggression and violence there can be no winners.…

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The purpose of dharma is to help your mind to expand, to grow, to clarify. It should uphold us and create an…

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I do think that someone who decides to devote themselves entirely to the spiritual life, that that is more meritorious.

— Tenzin Palmo

This precious life is our opportunity. We are not the millions and millions of other things that are not human.

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If you're born in the higher realms, then it's too pleasant, and you don't have any incentive to practice. If you're born…

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There is a basic problem that a lot of Western monks and nuns become ordained without really understanding or appreciating what the…

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We live in a society which is heading in one direction, so it's good to have at least a few friends who…

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Other people may tell us, "Oh, you're so much nicer." Of course you can't hope that other people will tell you that…

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The point with Buddhism is that it doesn't just tell you to be good, it tells you how. It doesn't just say,…

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Even if the hermits do not appear to benefit other beings with their presence or teachings, still they are enormously inspiring to…

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To me the special quality (which of course many men have as well) is first of all a sharpness, a clarityIt cuts…

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To be a nun is a very great blessing. It's a great inspiration to think that the Sangha goes all the way…

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

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One of the advantages of being born in an affluent society is that if one has any intelligence at all, one will…

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As a human being, we have everything we need. It's enough suffering to give us incentive to go on, but not so…

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The future of Dharma is in women's hands now because they have this energy which was never really tapped.

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

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Develop confidence in your innate qualities and believe that these qualities will be brought to fruition.

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You see people swimming, and you think, oh, how wonderful to swim. But most people stand on the edge swaying back and…

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

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We have met with the dharma. Many of us have met with teachers. We do have some idea of what to do…

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It takes a tremendous amount of merit to meet with the dharma - especially if you have an interest in it.

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Most of the people I talk to are not going to go off and live in a cave. Why should they? So…

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The big lamas coming from Tibet, Ladakh, India - everywhere - have been very friendly. But I don't figure in their world.…

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Traditionally, women didn't have much a role in Buddhism. The books were all written by monks, for other monks. So the general…

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We have to cultivate contentment with what we have. We really don't need much. When you know this, the mind settles down.…

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If you go to any nunnery and ask them what the main obstacle is, they'll always say low self-esteem and lack of…

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When I was 18 I read a book about Buddhism and, before I was halfway through it I said to my mother,…

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The more you realize, the more you realize how much there is to realize and, at the same time, how much you…

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Doing retreats, getting personal teachings from time to time from inspiring teachers, all of this helps to recharge our batteries. Then we…

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My mother was a spiritualist. We had weekly séances at our house with a neighbor who was a medium and various friends,…

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Buddha activity doesn't mean radiating light and elevating yourself up a thousand feet in the air. That's not the point. The point…

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I never really wondered about getting from London to Lahaul. It all seemed such a natural progression. In London I felt I…

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Perhaps one of the main antidotes to depression, lack of self-esteem, loneliness and so forth is the recognition that we really do…

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In the early '60s there was very little reliable information on Tibetan Buddhism. I was living in London and I had joined…

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

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If you put a little pin in the middle and you make a little space, a little circle, then the nature of…

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What I like about Tibetan Buddhism is it was taken to Tibet in the 7th century and then again in the 11th.…

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