I feel that the essence of spiritual practice is your attitude toward others. When you have a pure, sincere motivation, then you have right attitude toward others based on kindness, compassion, love and respect.

Home is where you feel at home and are treated well.

Human potential is the same for all. Your feeling, 'I am of no value', is wrong. Absolutely wrong. You are deceiving yourself. We all have the power of thought — so what are you lacking? If you have will-power , then you can do anything. It is usually said that you are your own master.

We need an approach to ethics which makes no recourse to religion and can be equally acceptable to those with faith and those without.

My earnest request is that you practice love and kindness whether you believe in a religion or not

I must have dialogue with the Chinese government, and dialogue requires compromise. Therefore, I'm speaking for genuine self-rule, not for independence.

I am not promoting Buddhism. I am promoting human values.