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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.
Tenzin Palmo
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Tenzin Palmo
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: January 1
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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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Monastic life cuts off the distractions and emotional entanglements one becomes involved in, in the lay life.
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We are educated. We can think. We have the freedom to think.
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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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Try to develop some genuine love and compassion, some real caring for others.
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I think we females have a lot of work to do for each other.
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To really be of benefit to others as the Buddha always taught, we ourselves must first get out of the swamp. One of the quickest and most effective ways to do this is in isolation, with very few distractions, working very hard at it and spending all your time and efforts at changing your mind.
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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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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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Our thinking can create liberation or it can create imprisonment. It depends on how we use our mind.
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A lot of people with the purest motivation end up getting completely burned out. And that's because they lack the wisdom and the skill and the inner space.
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When I heard that our bodies change when we get a bit older, I thought, oh good, now I'll go back to being a boy again. But it didn't happen like that.
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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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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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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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We all have our own karma and so different teachers will be meaningful to different students.
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I think the problem with Western students is they're very ambitious.
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Joining the Sangha and renouncing worldly life is necessary in order to devote your whole life and all your energies toward the Dharma.
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Actually we've got countless lifetimes, so relax.
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The Buddha always emphased the important of good friends.
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