You think you're enlightened. But as my lama said, when you realize the intrinsic nature of the mind, then you start to meditate. It's not the end, it's the beginning.

One has to find a balance. I don't say that when you leave it you forget all about the dharma or practice, but there have to be times when you throw yourself into it, and then there are times when you just relax and realize that wherever you go, you cannot get out of the dharma.

Sometimes people come and they have so much pain and confusion in their eyes... what to do? A few words is a little bit of balm but doesn't really solve the deep disease within.

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

We are educated. We can think. We have the freedom to think.

In the beginning especially, we won't realize we're changing.

Try to develop some genuine love and compassion, some real caring for others.