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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.

Tenzin Palmo

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Tenzin Palmo
Age: 82
Born: 1943
Born: January 1
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