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Doing retreats, getting personal teachings from time to time from inspiring teachers, all of this helps to recharge our batteries. Then we get inspired and can carry what we've gained into our daily life, which is very important.
Tenzin Palmo
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Tenzin Palmo
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: January 1
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Still all the tulkus being born are men.
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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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In one way I would like to teach, but I have no qualifications to teach Westerners.
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I'm glad that I'm female.
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I think if you really start practicing, the energy comes. I was always very happy and grateful for the opportunity to have the time, solitude and good health to be able to do it.
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If you don't find that people find you're easier to live with than you were before, if you don't find that your heart is feeling warmer toward others and if your negative emotions are not getting any better, then there's something wrong. That is always the touchstone of the Dharma practice.
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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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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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