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The world is full of incredible people who are embodiments of compassion. Some of them have a spiritual path some of them don't.

Tenzin Palmo

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Tenzin Palmo
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: January 1
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Bhikkhuni
Nun
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Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo
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Compassion

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One of the beauties of the Buddhadharma is there are so many approaches, and not everything is right for everybody.
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Monastic life cuts off the distractions and emotional entanglements one becomes involved in, in the lay life.
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People get very deep experiences and they think they're enlightened. That's not enlightenment, that's just some realization.
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In Dharma practice, the most important thing is to be very sincere.
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If nuns begin getting more empowered, where does that leave us?
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Just entering into the dharma and taking refuge and bodhisattva vows is a tremendous amount of merit, but we need more and more and more.
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In the very deep darkness of this world, little pinpoints of light show up very brightly and can shine a long way.
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At one time I thought that if I could really understand renunciation and bodhichitta from the depths of my heart, then, for this lifetime that would be enough.
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If you just follow your inner calling, then you just go ahead.
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We do look for inspiration amongst our own sex. Why not? You go into temples and they're full of all the lineage lamas who are male. What message does that give to a young girl, except that somehow she got trapped in the wrong body because of bad things she did in a past life?
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We need to be sincere in our practice, but at the same time we can't take ourselves too seriously.
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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 much as any of us can do.
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I remember asking my mother if she believed in reincarnation and she said that that sounded very sensible, and I thought, yes, it does to me too. So I always believed in it. I can't remember when I didn't.
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Many people are benefiting beings, but from a dharma point of view, if you are a dharma practitioner, then the first priority is to get yourself together.
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I think if you really start practicing, the energy comes. I was always very happy and grateful for the opportunity to have the time, solitude and good health to be able to do it.
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I'm glad that I'm female.
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The Buddha himself said, I still use conceptual thinking, but I'm not formed by it. And that's the Buddha.
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I don't know why I got reborn as a female. Maybe in my past life I had some sympathy or something for women, but I certainly wasn't a female last time.
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If you become a monk because it's an easy life, because you're going to be fed, and sheltered and people will respect you, then that is not a very meritorious motivation.
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This precious life is our opportunity. We are not the millions and millions of other things that are not human.
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