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Tenzin Palmo
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: January 1
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A dog, however nice he is, and sweet-tempered, doesn't have much of a range of options. A human being does.
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We all have our own karma and so different teachers will be meaningful to different students.
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To become effortless takes a lot of effort. It's good to compare it to learning an instrument or learning a sport.
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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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We should develop a deep appreciation for all the we have, and not waste it, otherwise we'll die with deep regrets.
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The dharma is the most precious thing in the world and we should put it at the center of our hearts and transform our whole lives into dharma practice. Otherwise, at the time of death, we will look back and say, now what was all that about? If we truly want to benefit others and ourselves, we have to do it. No excuses.
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If you lose interest in the dharma, then you might be reborn in a place where you are unlikely to meet with the dharma. And then you're completely off the path.
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We have produced many of our problems through our confused mental states.
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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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When Tibetan lamas die they stay in a realization of clear light nature of the mind for several days or weeks.
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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 forth, afraid to jump. They don't think they can swim.
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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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From the point of view of emptiness, there is neither being nor non-being, but we're not on the point of view of emptiness, we're on the point of view of our relative being.
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I think the difference is that when we drink tea, we just drink tea. But if you're in the presence of a genuine master, they don't have to do anything but drink their tea, and yet it affects you at an incredibly profound level.
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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 the Buddhist Society. For the most part, people there were either interested in Theravada or Zen Buddhism. There was almost no one into Tibetan Buddhism at that time.
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To be completely enlightened means that you're a Buddha.I don't speak of enlightenment.
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Obviously the dharma is every breath we take, every thought we think, every word we speak, if we do it with awareness and an open, caring heart.
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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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Whether we're in retreat or out in the world, we should try to develop the quality of awareness as much as possible.
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Nowadays, mindfulness has become a catch-all word, but the general principle of trying to be more conscious and aware in our daily life is very important. Along with this, it's helpful to contemplate some of the mind training verses which are designed to take and transform all of the problems we experience.
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