Tenzin Palmo: Essential Buddha Nature

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.

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• Buddhism
• oneness
• india
• tenzin
• palmo
• spirituality
• meditation
• interconnectedness

[taraskydancer]

anatoric mentions the book,"Cave in the snow"...a wonderful book.I highly recommend it..."she engaged in 12 years

of intense Buddhist meditation.she faced unimaginable cold,wild animals,near starvation and avalanches;she grew her own food and slept in a traditional wooden meditation box,3 feet sq.- she never lay down;Her goal was to attain enlightenment as a woman."

[anatoriac]

Yes, she was born in east london her father was a fishmonger but he died shortly after she was born and her mother had to raise "Diane Perry" as she was known then and her brother. She got a job working in a library to save up the money to travel to India and begin her amazing life... It's all in "Cave in the Snow" by Vicky Mackenzie which is Tenzin Palmo's life story.

[MettaTaiChi]

Love it ! Thankyou Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo and globaloneness.

[SpiritOfTheRainbow]

Very helpful - thanks.

[AinoBful]

Inspirational and universal, regardless to what religion you are! So who in the sanity of their mind could dislike this?

[19WhileMyGuitar43]

Oh.....How beautiful, what more could be said?How to change the world in one smple lesson.Thankyou Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo for your wonderful giving and thankyou globaloneness for sharing this video clip.

[gr8light]

Thank you

[adamresyk2112]

Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo kicks ass!!

[angellicvoices]

What are you talking about? I read the bible and Jesus was more of a nagging bitter hot head than Tenzin Palmo ever was. Jesus was always very ugly and bitter towards them "poisoness pharisees and saducees" He was always complaining about his disciples how they dont have faith and he also had a bad temper with anyone dealing with money at the temples. Not to mention Jesus was the biggest lazy bastard ever in history. If he didnt have wine, well he'll just lift his magic finger and make some.

[NathanBForrest1776]

I am all for love and compassion. I just believe against free-loader, lazy, masochist, inactive behavior that this lady embodies. Definitely vanity. She's certainly very proud of having lived like a prehistoric human.