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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.
Tenzin Palmo
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Tenzin Palmo
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: January 1
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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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It's unlikely that you were a frog in a past life.
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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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Until you are open, you cannot receive.
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Try to develop some genuine love and compassion, some real caring for others.
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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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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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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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If you just follow your inner calling, then you just go ahead.
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I think, for East and West, the first thing we need is a good grounding in basic Buddhadharma.
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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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Perhaps one of the main antidotes to depression, lack of self-esteem, loneliness and so forth is the recognition that we really do have Buddha nature. All the other problems like anger, jealousy, ambitions, are merely habitual patterns that we've learned, but aren't inherent to who we are.
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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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The world is full of incredible people who are embodiments of compassion. Some of them have a spiritual path some of them don't.
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