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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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Tenzin Palmo
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: January 1
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Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo
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In one way I would like to teach, but I have no qualifications to teach Westerners.
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Even if one isn't a committed Buddhist, it just helps us become better human beings.
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Still all the tulkus being born are men.
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We do have the precious opportunity of this human 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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Meditation is a way to take us to a deeper level of awareness.
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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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Tibetans - at least traditionally - are so totally permeated with the dharma that they don't see any difference between dharma and everyday life, really. And therefore they enjoy it because they don't make a separation.
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Other people may tell us, Oh, you're so much nicer. Of course you can't hope that other people will tell you that you're so much nicer, but that's always a good sign. Perhaps people find that you're easier to live with.
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We do look for inspiration amongst our own sex. Why not? You go into temples and they're full of all the lineage lamas who are male. What message does that give to a young girl, except that somehow she got trapped in the wrong body because of bad things she did in a past life?
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In the texts, and as His Holiness the Dalai Lama reminds us, we should check the person's behavior not when they're sitting on a big throne, but behind the scenes. How do they treat ordinary people - not the big sponsors - but just ordinary people who are of no particular importance to them.
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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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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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You can certainly learn how to rest in the nature of the mind.
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This precious life is our opportunity. We are not the millions and millions of other things that are not human.
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If you become a monk because it's an easy life, because you're going to be fed, and sheltered and people will respect you, then that is not a very meritorious motivation.
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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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I think, for East and West, the first thing we need is a good grounding in basic Buddhadharma.
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