08/31/2026
The first way of cultivating wisdom is listening. To listen includes reading, studying, downloading off the internet, all of that. Any acquisition of knowledge is considered listening. So, it means to study the Dharma. You take it in. You read about it, you hear about it. Then you have to think about it. Not enough that we all just take it in.
It’s like food. You eat. But then you have to chew it in order to digest. You don’t just take it all in in great big lumps. You chew it. So you have to think about things, what you’ve read, what you’ve heard and really try to understand. And if you have doubts, that’s fine. No problem with doubts. Buddhism is very good about doubts. It doesn’t say you have to just believe blindly. It says you have to believe because you understand. So if you don’t believe something, go away and study more, or put it aside for now.
- Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo
Photo: Jetsunma during dhaam in DGL Nunnery. October, 2024
