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Nowadays, mindfulness has become a catch-all word, but the general principle of trying to be more conscious and aware in our daily life is very important. Along with this, it's helpful to contemplate some of the mind training verses which are designed to take and transform all of the problems we experience.

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Tenzin Palmo
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: January 1
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When I was 18 I read a book about Buddhism and, before I was halfway through it I said to my mother, I'm a Buddhist! She said, That's great. Finish reading the book and then you can tell me all about it. From that moment on I knew I was a Buddhist.
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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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In one way I would like to teach, but I have no qualifications to teach Westerners.
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The future of Dharma is in women's hands now because they have this energy which was never really tapped.
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One has to find a balance. I don't say that when you leave it you forget all about the dharma or practice, but there have to be times when you throw yourself into it, and then there are times when you just relax and realize that wherever you go, you cannot get out of the dharma.
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To become effortless takes a lot of effort. It's good to compare it to learning an instrument or learning a sport.
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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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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 Tibetans have many teachings on how to die, consciously, and how to remain in the clear light, and it works. You can see it working, and they can stay in that state for hours, days, or weeks.
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Even if one isn't a committed Buddhist, it just helps us become better human beings.
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The Buddha always emphased the important of good friends.
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To be completely enlightened means that you're a Buddha.I don't speak of enlightenment.
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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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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 interesting that in those countries like Taiwan or Korea, where nuns are given equal opportunities for study and practice, they also develop great social awareness.
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We have produced many of our problems through our confused mental states.
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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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Most of the spiritual traditions were very theistic and the idea of an external god pulling the strings didn't resonate with me. I then discovered Buddhism and found the perfect path. I felt so grateful to the Buddha for having given the path, and not just explaining the end result, but showing so clearly how to get there.
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In the early '60s there was very little reliable information on Tibetan Buddhism. I was living in London and I had joined the Buddhist Society. For the most part, people there were either interested in Theravada or Zen Buddhism. There was almost no one into Tibetan Buddhism at that time.
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