The answer lies within ourselves. If we can't find peace and happiness there, it's not going to come from the outside.

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

My mother's love was really not based on attachment. Her love was genuine love. To make me happy, not how I will make her happy.

To really be of benefit to others as the Buddha always taught, we ourselves must first get out of the swamp. One of the quickest and most effective ways to do this is in isolation, with very few distractions, working very hard at it and spending all your time and efforts at changing your mind.

One thing in the Buddhadharma is that we are not our body, we are not our gender.

There is an enormous joy and satisfaction in doing what you really want to do and are best fitted to do. When it all comes together like that, it gives you a wonderful sense of well-being and satisfaction knowing that you have been doing what you were intended to do for this lifetime.

First you have to help yourself.