In Dharma practice, the most important thing is to be very sincere.

I don't think I've changed anything, but I hope that by my talks I have encouraged people in their practice. That's as much as any of us can do.

Distraction is the main problem for us all - what the Buddha called the monkey mind. We need to tame this monkey mind.

In this life you have obstacles.

On a relative level where we live, we need to have a sense of identity, otherwise we'd fall apart, wouldn't we?

When we read history we find that in all ages people have thought, this is the dark age.

If you lose interest in the dharma, then you might be reborn in a place where you are unlikely to meet with the dharma. And then you're completely off the path.