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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 the same in dharma practice.
Tenzin Palmo
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Tenzin Palmo
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: January 1
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You think you're enlightened. But as my lama said, when you realize the intrinsic nature of the mind, then you start to meditate. It's not the end, it's the beginning.
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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. Cultivate generosity. Delight in giving. Learn to live lightly. In this way, we can begin to transform what is negative into what is positive. This is how we start to grow up.
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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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We only think about the difficult people and the horrible things that happen. That's what gets all the media attention.
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We all have our own karma and so different teachers will be meaningful to different students.
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We do have the precious opportunity of this human life.
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It's interesting that in those countries like Taiwan or Korea, where nuns are given equal opportunities for study and practice, they also develop great social awareness.
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If you don't find that people find you're easier to live with than you were before, if you don't find that your heart is feeling warmer toward others and if your negative emotions are not getting any better, then there's something wrong. That is always the touchstone of the Dharma practice.
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In the beginning especially, we won't realize we're changing.
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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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The new nuns don't know that they're 'supposed' to be meek and submissive, and so in many ways they believe they can do anything, because they've seen the earlier ones do it. In this way, there's nothing for them to doubt.
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Distraction is the main problem for us all - what the Buddha called the monkey mind. We need to tame this monkey mind.
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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, and so I was brought up with the idea that there are many realms of being all around us. So that prepared me for Buddhism, and especially Tibetan Buddhism with all its talk of different realms and dimensions of being.
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When I heard that our bodies change when we get a bit older, I thought, oh good, now I'll go back to being a boy again. But it didn't happen like that.
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I think it's crucial to recognize that we are so fortunate to have this human birth where we can practice what we want, pick up and not just read books but actually understand them. This level of education is very rare throughout history, so we shouldn't take it for granted.
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When Tibetan lamas die they stay in a realization of clear light nature of the mind for several days or weeks.
Tenzin Palmo
One of the beauties of the Buddhadharma is there are so many approaches, and not everything is right for everybody.
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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 was in the wrong place and wanted to leave. I'd thought about going to Australia or New Zealand. It's nothing against England, but I knew I wasn't meant to be there.
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Our thinking can create liberation or it can create imprisonment. It depends on how we use our mind.
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Develop confidence in your innate qualities and believe that these qualities will be brought to fruition.
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