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Tenzin Palmo
At the age of 20, Ven. Tenzin Palmo left her home in London for India to pursue her spiritual path. There she met her guru, His Eminence the 8th Khamtrul Rinpoche, and became one of the first Westerners to be ordained as a Tibetan Buddhist nun. In 1976, seeking more seclusion and better conditions for practice, she found a cave in the Himalayan Valley of Lahaul, where she lived for 12 years, the last three in strict retreat. In 2000, she founded the Dongyu Gatsal Ling Nunnery to give young nuns of the Drukpa Kagyu Lineage the opportunity to realize their intellectual and spiritual potential.
Tenzin Palmo videos
Waking Up
Tibetan Buddhist nun Ven. Tenzin Palmo explains that, although we desperately want happiness, we are undermined by a society that rewards greed, aggression and egotism
(3:34)
Essential Buddha Nature
Tibetan Buddhist nun Ven. Tenzin Palmo explains two essentials of Buddhist practice: developing mindfulness and learning consideration for others.
(2:11)
The Greatest Threat
Tibetan Buddhist nun Ven. Tenzin Palmo believes that the greatest threat to the world is the rising middle classes of Asia who long for the same, inherently unsustainable levels of comfort as privileged Westerners.
(2:39)
The Nature of the Mind
Tibetan Buddhist nun Ven. Tenzin Palmo describes how the infinite, primordial awareness that lies behind the mind and its sense of duality is the key to experiencing oneness.
(4:09)
It would be nice if someone would come along and find some method by which people could awaken. Even the Budda couldn't do that. So how to collectively wake up?
Tenzin Palmo
in Waking Up
in Waking Up