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I've always loved the Sangha. I have the deepest, deepest respect for them. I'm very sorry that in the West people don't appreciate what the monastic order is about.
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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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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Even if one isn't a committed Buddhist, it just helps us become better human beings.
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Tibetans - at least traditionally - are so totally permeated with the dharma that they don't see any difference between dharma and everyday life, really. And therefore they enjoy it because they don't make a separation.
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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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There are other ways of benefiting than by being a recognized tulku and sitting on a throne.
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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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We're always given the message that our potential is so limited, which is so sad. Actually, our potential is infinite.
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The very best players, when they are practicing, put everything they've got into it. But then they leave it for a while. And it's the same in dharma practice.
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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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We are educated. We can think. We have the freedom to think.
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The internet can be enormously helpful, just like books can, but I don't think it's the be all and end all for really practicing Buddhism. At a certain point, as with learning any skill, we need personal instruction from someone who is more advanced than us.
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