People should find what approach really speaks to them, and then do it. Obviously, better with a good teacher, who can help you on the path. But in any case, basic principles.

We have to transform those ordinary actions of our day into dharma practice because otherwise nothing is going to move.

Some males are intelligent, some are dumb. Some females are intelligent, some are dumb. We're all human beings, no one is superior.

When I was 18 I read a book about Buddhism and, before I was halfway through it I said to my mother, "I'm a Buddhist!" She said, "That's great. Finish reading the book and then you can tell me all about it." From that moment on I knew I was a Buddhist.

Our thinking can create liberation or it can create imprisonment. It depends on how we use our mind.

People talk over and over about bodhichitta, but so often their heart is quite cold.

In the very deep darkness of this world, little pinpoints of light show up very brightly and can shine a long way.