It is my dream that the entire Tibetan plateau should become a free refuge where humanity and nature can live in peace and in harmonious balance. It would be a place where people from all over the world could come to seek the true meaning of peace within themselves, away from the tensions and pressures of much of the rest of the world

The foundation of the Buddha's teachings lies in compassion, and the reason for practicing the teachings is to wipe out the persistence of ego, the number-one enemy of compassion.

We share the earth not only with our fellow human beings, but with all the other creatures.

We need to understand how destructive emotions affect us and constructive emotions can help us, so that we can maintain our peace of mind.

I believe each human being has the potential to change, to transform one’s own attitude, no matter how difficult the situation.

I think, that in the twenty-second century, there will be more female reincarnations at female institutions. Then there'll be competition between male lama institutions and female lama institutions. It'll be a positive sort of competition.

So long as we are under the control of disturbing emotions, real happiness is hard to find.