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Tenzin Palmo
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: January 1
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Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo
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There are certain people who people think are enlightened. The problem with the word enlightenment is what you mean by it.
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The Buddha always emphased the important of good friends.
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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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Everyone should not be ordained, but for those who really feel that the only thing that matters in this world is the Dharma, then it is a logical step to adopt a form of life that automatically precludes worldly distractions.
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The power of thought is extremely powerful.
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There are other ways of benefiting than by being a recognized tulku and sitting on a throne.
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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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I think it's crucial to recognize that we are so fortunate to have this human birth where we can practice what we want, pick up and not just read books but actually understand them. This level of education is very rare throughout history, so we shouldn't take it for granted.
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You can certainly learn how to rest in the nature of the mind.
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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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We do have the precious opportunity of this human life.
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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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As a human being, we have everything we need. It's enough suffering to give us incentive to go on, but not so much that we don't know where to turn.
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Meditation is for you to realise that the deepest nature of your existence is beyond thoughts and emotions, that it is incredibly vast and interconnected with all other beings.
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We all have our own karma and so different teachers will be meaningful to different students.
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From the point of view of emptiness, there is neither being nor non-being, but we're not on the point of view of emptiness, we're on the point of view of our relative being.
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Basically, I feel to spend the rest of my life doing retreat.
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Try to develop some genuine love and compassion, some real caring for others.
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I do think that someone who decides to devote themselves entirely to the spiritual life, that that is more meritorious.
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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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