From that viewpoint, America, free country, democratic country, so more opportunity. Still is more sort of Alive. This is my feeling.

I am confident I will set foot again in Tibet in my lifetime.

Our enemies provide us with a precious opportunity to practice patience and love. We should have gratitude toward them.

‎In today's materialistic world there is a risk of people becoming slaves to money, as though they were simply cogs in a huge money-making machine. This does nothing for human dignity, freedom, and genuine well-being. Wealth should serve humanity, and not the other way around.

Awareness of death is the very bedrock of the entire path. Until you have developed this awareness, all other practices are obstructed.

We can live without religion and meditation, but we cannot survive without human affection.

Material objects give rise to physical happiness, while spiritual development gives rise to mental happiness. Since we experience both physical and mental happiness, we need both material and spiritual development. This is why, for our own good and that of society we need to balance material progress with inner development.