People should not rush to change religions. There is real value in finding the spiritual resources you need in your home religion. Even secular humanism has great spiritual resources; it is almost like a religion to me.

Im a Tibetan monk, not a vegetarian.

I think the person who has had more experience of hardships can stand more firmly in the face of problems than the person who has never experienced suffering. From this angle then, some suffering can be a good lesson for life.

In pluralistic, democratic societies, there is the freedom to adopt the religion of your choice. This is good. This lets curious people like you run around on the loose!

The whole purpose of religion is to facilitate love and compassion, patience, tolerance, humility, and forgiveness.

If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.

I have no trouble sleeping.