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

Monastic life cuts off the distractions and emotional entanglements one becomes involved in, in the lay life.

I find that being with other people dissipates my energy.

We have met with the dharma. Many of us have met with teachers. We do have some idea of what to do and how to practice. And we should not be lazy.

To be a nun is a very great blessing. It's a great inspiration to think that the Sangha goes all the way back to the Buddha and that so many fantastic, really truly-realized beings have been ordained. Thinking of all those members, such a wonderful, exalted and holy order - I love the Sangha.

I've often said that the seventh paramita should be a sense of humor, so we don't take ourselves too seriously.

When I was in retreat I just did my meditation sessions and, in-between, reading and things I had to do.