The thing to do in this lifetime is to create more merit. Tenzin Palmo More Quotes by Tenzin Palmo More Quotes From Tenzin Palmo We have to transform those ordinary actions of our day into dharma practice because otherwise nothing is going to move. Tenzin Palmo practice ordinary moving As my lama always told me, I learned that I practice better when I'm by myself. Tenzin Palmo lama practice I find that being with other people dissipates my energy. Tenzin Palmo energy people We do have the precious opportunity of this human life. Tenzin Palmo human-life humans opportunity We are educated. We can think. We have the freedom to think. Tenzin Palmo educated thinking We have met with the dharma. Many of us have met with teachers. We do have some idea of what to do and how to practice. And we should not be lazy. Tenzin Palmo practice teacher ideas I never really wondered about getting from London to Lahaul. It all seemed such a natural progression. In London I felt I was in the wrong place and wanted to leave. I'd thought about going to Australia or New Zealand. It's nothing against England, but I knew I wasn't meant to be there. Tenzin Palmo australia london england We all have our own karma and so different teachers will be meaningful to different students. Tenzin Palmo karma teacher meaningful There are certain teachers who shouldn't be teachers. Tenzin Palmo certain teacher We shouldn't be too naïve, or taken in by charisma. Tenzin Palmo charisma taken When I look back I feel very grateful. Tenzin Palmo grateful feels looks I've often said that the seventh paramita should be a sense of humor, so we don't take ourselves too seriously. Tenzin Palmo sense-of-humor should said 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. Tenzin Palmo inspiration blessing thinking Most of the spiritual traditions were very theistic and the idea of an external god pulling the strings didn't resonate with me. I then discovered Buddhism and found the perfect path. I felt so grateful to the Buddha for having given the path, and not just explaining the end result, but showing so clearly how to get there. Tenzin Palmo buddhism grateful spiritual Since I was a small child, I'd believed we were inherently perfect, and that we had to keep coming back again and again until we recognized our innate perfection. Tenzin Palmo coming-back perfect children I was born in England and brought up in London. When I was 18 I read a book and came across the Dharma. I was halfway through the book when I turned to my mother and said, "I'm a Buddhist," to which she replied, "Oh are you dear? Well finish the book and then you can tell me about it." I realised I'd always been Buddhist but I just hadn't known it existed, because in those days not even the word 'Buddha' was ever spoken. This was in in the 1960s, so there wasn't that much available, even in London. Tenzin Palmo buddhist mother book Most of the people I talk to are not going to go off and live in a cave. Why should they? So I talk about how people can stop separating dharma practice - going on retreats, going to dharma centers, hearing talks, reading books - from their ordinary life. Tenzin Palmo reading practice book One has to find a balance. I don't say that when you leave it you forget all about the dharma or practice, but there have to be times when you throw yourself into it, and then there are times when you just relax and realize that wherever you go, you cannot get out of the dharma. Tenzin Palmo relax balance practice Until time and space exist... I vow to come back for the benefit of other beings. Tenzin Palmo vow benefits space Of course, now as a woman you can do so much, without being necessarily a rinpoche. Tenzin Palmo courses can-do
