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Actually we've got countless lifetimes, so relax.

Tenzin Palmo

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Tenzin Palmo
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: January 1
Author
Bhikkhuni
Nun
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Herts
Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo
Lifetimes
Countless
Relax
Lifetime
Actually

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There are many wonderfully qualified teachers out there, but that doesn't mean that each teacher is suitable to the same person, anymore than people fall in love with the same person.
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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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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.
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Develop confidence in your innate qualities and believe that these qualities will be brought to fruition.
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If you just follow your inner calling, then you just go ahead.
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Look at your own potential. Don't overestimate your capabilities and push too hard, or underestimate them and use that as an excuse to be lazy.
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We're reborn every second, every moment.
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When I was in retreat I just did my meditation sessions and, in-between, reading and things I had to do.
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We are educated. We can think. We have the freedom to think.
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In fact there are beautiful people in this world doing incredibly selfless acts over and over and over. Dedicating their lives completely for the welfare and happiness of others.
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Until time and space exist... I vow to come back for the benefit of other beings.
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To be completely enlightened means that you're a Buddha.I don't speak of enlightenment.
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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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Different people are different.
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All of us are playing roles, and there's nothing wrong with playing roles because we have to live in this world - the problem is only when we believe in those roles.
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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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One has to find a balance. I don't say that when you leave it you forget all about the dharma or practice, but there have to be times when you throw yourself into it, and then there are times when you just relax and realize that wherever you go, you cannot get out of the dharma.
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We're always given the message that our potential is so limited, which is so sad. Actually, our potential is infinite.
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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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From a Buddhist point of view, the first thing to help is yourself, to get your own mind together. And to really understand how to benefit beings, not just on the physical level, but on all levels. Then there are endless beings you can benefit.
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