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Sometimes people come and they have so much pain and confusion in their eyes... what to do? A few words is a little bit of balm but doesn't really solve the deep disease within.

Tenzin Palmo

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Tenzin Palmo
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: January 1
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Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo
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I'm glad that I'm female.
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We are educated. We can think. We have the freedom to think.
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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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Our thinking can create liberation or it can create imprisonment. It depends on how we use our mind.
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One of the beauties of the Buddhadharma is there are so many approaches, and not everything is right for everybody.
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To be a nun is a very great blessing. It's a great inspiration to think that the Sangha goes all the way back to the Buddha and that so many fantastic, really truly-realized beings have been ordained. Thinking of all those members, such a wonderful, exalted and holy order - I love the Sangha.
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In the very deep darkness of this world, little pinpoints of light show up very brightly and can shine a long way.
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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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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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The Buddha said that samsara by its nature is painful. He didn't say it was a joyride.
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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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Different people are different.
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