Our attitude towards suffering becomes very important because it can affect how we cope with suffering when it arises.

A balanced and skillful approach to life, taking care to avoid extremes, becomes a very important factor in conducting one's everyday existence.

Up to now my involvement in the Tibetan freedom struggle has been part of my spiritual practice, because the issues of the survival of the Buddha Teaching and the freedom of Tibet are very much related. In this particular struggle, there is no problem with many monks and nuns, including myself, joining.

It is not enough to be compassionate, we must act.

Rulers come and go. It's the people who are the real rulers of the country.

Because we all share an identical need for love, it is possible to feel that anybody we meet, in whatever circumstances, is a brother or sister. No matter how new the face or how different the dress and behavior, there is no significant division between us and other people. It is foolish to dwell on external differences, because our basic natures are the same.

We often add to our pain and suffering by being overly sensitive, over-reacting to minor things, and sometimes taking things too personally.