When I look back I feel very grateful.

To want not to want, you'll tie yourself in knots. So this is why the Tibetans always say, just relax the mind and open.

Most religions have always appreciated the extreme power of concentrated thought directed toward the benefit of others, especially when that person is practicing in solitude. That's why they have contemplative orders.

I think the problem with Western students is they're very ambitious.

Obviously the dharma is every breath we take, every thought we think, every word we speak, if we do it with awareness and an open, caring heart.

The internet can be enormously helpful, just like books can, but I don't think it's the be all and end all for really practicing Buddhism. At a certain point, as with learning any skill, we need personal instruction from someone who is more advanced than us.

I really don't know what I could teach and don't really plan to teach.