Our prime purpose in life is to serve others.

We believe in self creation. That's why Buddhists believe in the Four Noble Truths.

When we have inner peace, we can be at peace with those around us. When our community is in a state of peace, it can share that peace with neighboring communities.

A genuine transformation that results from sustained concerted effort is long lasting because it has a firm foundation.

Not only is your own happiness and welfare related to others, but the more you help them, the happier you will be.

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.

We cannot hope to die peacefully if our lives have been full of violence, or if our minds have mostly been agitated by emotions like anger, attachment, or fear. So if we wish to die well, we must learn how to live well: Hoping for a peaceful death, we must cultivate peace in our mind, and in our way of life.