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"Enlightenment" is one of those terms that comes up frequently, if not continuously, in spiritual and Buddhist circles -- as in purportedly being the whole point of why people explore paths of transformation. However, what is actually meant by enlightenment is usually left undefined. #Buddhism #enlightenment
Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo shares thoughts on the subject of enlightenment. She is one of the Western pioneers of Tibetan Buddhism.
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As a young woman in England, Tenzin Palmo was a member of the Buddhist Society and met the first Tibetan lamas who came to the West. She would move to India to explore the dharma, becoming secretary to Freda Bedi at the Young Lama Home School before taking nun ordination, then later doing 12 years of solitary retreat. Freda Bedi's (remarkable) life story is told in amzn.to/3CD8Z1f
Tenzin Palmo’s inspiring life story is told in her biography,
Cave in the Snow: A Woman’s Quest for Enlightenment amzn.to/3q1thOm
Reflections of a Mountain Lake is a collection of teachings from Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo.
amzn.to/3BNUXJ6

[@nanalbini18]

larga vida Maestra querida!!!!

[@willoanz]

Very good interview, so honest and so right to the point! You cannot be thanked enough for making these precious and much needed teachings available to all. Please, keep up with your excellent work and tell us more about your wonderful team. Thank you again.

[@DharmaTime-is-now]

Thanks for your considerate comment. It's nice to hear that these videos are of interest to people. The original project - back in the days of DVDs - was going to be to create a visual encyclopedia about various aspects of Buddhism. Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche offered the counsel to interview members of all four Tibetan Buddhist lineages, both elders born and trained in Tibet as well as the younger lamas who grew up outside of Tibet, and also elder Westerners. Pursued that course of action for several years then life got kind of complicated so it's only been of late that we've been chipping away at posting the excerpts from the various interviews.

[@_amolhere]

her eyes

[@DharmaTime-is-now]

Quite amazing

[@jamyangkuenzang9909]

A genuine Buddhist practitioner. May you live long.

[@3daygoaty]

This is a very different reality from news coverage of Palmo earlier. The general message there was that she was in the cave until she reached enlightenment. I like this interview and I think it provides greater confidence for Maslow's self actualisation.

[@DharmaTime-is-now]

Yes, enlightenment or bust is an easier story to sell. Tenzin Palmo, in another clip I think, expressed some embarrassment over the Korean publisher giving A Cave in the Snow a title like I Vow to Get Enlightened as a Woman.

[@Angelique_psy.transpersonnelle]

These eyes !! 💓💎📿✨

[@marthaestelafernandez1450]

Thank you so much dear Lama ! What a great surprise! You worked out my doubts about the compelling need of attaining enlightenment or not... Such a master you are, being so honest and humble as to say you won't reach it anyway!!! I've never heard a monk or man lama to acknowledge that. I really really really look up on you...you're my inspiration , role model and best guide in the spiritual path, i.e. of course after our Holiness the 14th.Dalai Lama... THANK YOU FOR YOUR TEACHING AND FOR HELPING WOMEN TO WAKE UP AND ASK THE WORLD TO RESPECT THE RIGHTS in all walks of life

[@marthaestelafernandez1450]

To respect women's rights... I mean.

[@artyom108]

I believe the Latin American teacher to which Jetsunma refers is Claudio Naranjo. One can find interviews and videos of him discussing the experience. He’s very special. As an aside, he is largely responsible for developing and propagating the Enneagram of Personality as we know it. He’s the direct teacher of Helen Palmer and most other authors of her generation. I believe he as an MD psychiatrist as well (?)

[@DharmaTime-is-now]

Thanks for the information! I will definitely look him up.

[@aum3910]

Woh! Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo! I just tasted direct dharmkaya teachings. The nirmanakaya eyes are electric. 🎉 Wonderful buddha! See you tonight under the moon. Ff Longchenpopel (tasmania)

[@sharrelgoh]

I agree thoroughly…it becomes like a spiritual ego….an ambition… just concentrate on the Now …it should come naturally…a consequence of great practice and sincerity 🙏🙏🙏

[@loveyourself_first]

Tenzin Palmo made this more accessible to me.

[@dr.kenmiller4227]

Shen Hisu wrote about the mind is like a mirror, wipe it off hour by hour, let no dust alight… Hui Neng, wrote… no mirror, no mind, where can the dust alight!☺️👨‍🎨🎨🎼😜

[@manishsinghrathore1]

Thank you buddha for these words. they do match my realisation And that's motivating. 🙏

[@jessieliang4730]

When there is an “I”…. emmm …. 🙏Great master thank you very much !

[@jennyMcpot]

I love everything she says

[@rachaelclarke9268]

OM it took me all my life to enjoy ❤️❤️❤️ the know- perfect answer .

[@nelcalb]

Very good question

[@rosepink1096]

Thank You Rinpoche 😊🙏🙏🙏🌷

[@luciagiolla8880]

Thank you excellent

[@anngore9902]

Love from Berlin Always Wonderfull 🥰🙏

[@leandronascimento6316]

Muito boa a entrevista, as perguntas muito boas mesmo. Obrigado para quem traduziu a legenda para o português brasileiro. Isso significa muito, obrigado! Que aumente e encontre mais e mais seres, beneficiando-os!

[@alcosmic]

Buddha

[@charlesmiller945]

Thank you

[@rachaelclarke9268]

Beautiful 🥰🥰🥰

[@hokubluesky4989]

Excellent and straightforward 🙏🏻👍🏻

[@preciousreading1934]

Very Important interview material for the seekers. True enlightened person is rarer than one in billions and normally may had been living as a next door neighbour and gone but not recognised by the life time seekers because there are many shopkeepers to go through for them.

[@nir7830]

That is true. How do you know that ?

[@preciousreading1934]

Because I myself is one in billions, believe it or not. I have nothing to gain by lying.I said this only because you are a seeker and questioned me so I am compelled to give you the true answer.@@nir7830

[@artyom108]

The Latin teacher to whom Jetsunma refers is Claudio Naranjo. He describes the rise and fall of his awareness in various interviews that are worth hearing. He’s also, btw, the main formulator and propagater of the Enneagram of Personality in its current form.

[@lunaamerkel1756]

WOW

[@dassanajayalath8478]

🙏🙏

[@jianweiwang910]

“I” can never be enlightened! Wow

[@penguin0101]

“I can never be enlightened……😉”

[@DharmaTime-is-now]

Thanks for your interest in Dharma Time videos. We have others with Tenzin Palmo that you might find interesting.

[@elaineslo]

É o velho "só sei que nada sei".

[@marthaestelafernandez1450]

To RESPECT WOMEN'S RIGHTS...I mean...

[@rodcurry5954]

If you would like to know the nature of mind...sit ..close the eyes...now....look directly for it...you will know instantly...

[@johnpow2378]

She did not really reach up to the point of actual truth (realization). Yes, she is very factual and to the point but I still get vibe that she need’s little more to know about Dharma. She need to learn vimalakriti sutra (the ultimate truth)

[@markbrad123]

Don't know why women think they have to try to be what they are chemically wired to be - kind, compassionate, maternal etc. It is harder for us male grunts, LOL

[@truefreedom9308]

Bottom line , she is an unenlightened feminist after 12 years in n a cave