I've often said that the seventh paramita should be a sense of humor, so we don't take ourselves too seriously. Tenzin Palmo More Quotes by Tenzin Palmo More Quotes From Tenzin Palmo If you've made a lot of negative seeds, and not a lot of positive seeds, even though you meet with the dharma, you're going to have problems. Tenzin Palmo problemmadenegative Tibetans are great with meritorious practices. Tenzin Palmo tibetanpractice We've been human countless times and done everything you can imagine. So we've been planting all these negative seeds, and they're going to come up. Tenzin Palmo imaginedonenegative It's unlikely that you were a frog in a past life. Tenzin Palmo unlikelyfrogspast The thing to do in this lifetime is to create more merit. Tenzin Palmo meritthings-to-dolifetime We don't want to go to heaven. We want to be reborn so that we can keep going and realize the dharma so we can benefit other beings, endlessly. It's a very different thing. Tenzin Palmo benefitsdifferentheaven There are other ways of benefiting than by being a recognized tulku and sitting on a throne. Tenzin Palmo thronessittingway The Buddha said that samsara by its nature is painful. He didn't say it was a joyride. Tenzin Palmo samsarapainfulsaid 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. Tenzin Palmo dharmaplayerpractice I'm glad that I'm female. Tenzin Palmo femaleglad Yes, times are not good, but when were times good? This is samsara. Tenzin Palmo samsara The real spiritual power is enabling beings to realize the nature of the mind. That's the power of Buddha activity. Tenzin Palmo realspiritualmind When you learn an instrument, it takes an awful lot of time to just learn the scales, and then eventually when you have completely mastered the instrument, the music plays for you. But you still have to keep practicing. And it takes an awful lot of practice. Nonetheless, if you diligently practice, hours and hours and hours and hours, you probably won't get it. You'll probably just end up hurting your fingers. Tenzin Palmo hurtpracticeplay Still all the tulkus being born are men. Tenzin Palmo bornstillsmen When I was in retreat I just did my meditation sessions and, in-between, reading and things I had to do. Tenzin Palmo retreatmeditationreading Sometimes people come and they have so much pain and confusion in their eyes... what to do? A few words is a little bit of balm but doesn't really solve the deep disease within. Tenzin Palmo paineyepeople All the other religions I had ever read about dealt with the idea of God, and your relationship with God. Buddhism is the only religion that deals with man himself and the nature of the mind - how to deal with yourself and your condition, here and now, as opposed to having to deal with something outside yourself. Tenzin Palmo buddhismmenideas Obviously the dharma is every breath we take, every thought we think, every word we speak, if we do it with awareness and an open, caring heart. Tenzin Palmo caringheartthinking We don't always need to be sitting at the foot of the teacher, but from time to time we need someone who can overview us and give us direction. Tenzin Palmo feetteachergiving In our endless past lives, we've all done everything, you name it, we've done it. Good, bad, intermediate. Tenzin Palmo donenamespast
