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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.

Tenzin Palmo

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Tenzin Palmo
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: January 1
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First you have to help yourself.
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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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We have to transform those ordinary actions of our day into dharma practice because otherwise nothing is going to move.
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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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We don't always need to be sitting at the foot of the teacher, but from time to time we need someone who can overview us and give us direction.
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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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Doing retreats, getting personal teachings from time to time from inspiring teachers, all of this helps to recharge our batteries. Then we get inspired and can carry what we've gained into our daily life, which is very important.
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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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There are wonderful beings in this world.
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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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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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The Buddha said that samsara by its nature is painful. He didn't say it was a joyride.
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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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Once one has understand what is Buddhadharma, what is not Buddhadharma, and once one has had enough view to see the different approaches, then it's important to really look at what speaks to one's heart.
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Because we're trying, because we want, it's very hard to get.
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We are educated. We can think. We have the freedom to think.
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Until you are open, you cannot receive.
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Until time and space exist... I vow to come back for the benefit of other beings.
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The real spiritual power is enabling beings to realize the nature of the mind. That's the power of Buddha activity.
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We all have our own karma and so different teachers will be meaningful to different students.
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