There are other ways of benefiting than by being a recognized tulku and sitting on a throne.

If you lose interest in the dharma, then you might be reborn in a place where you are unlikely to meet with the dharma. And then you're completely off the path.

I think, for East and West, the first thing we need is a good grounding in basic Buddhadharma.

There are certain teachers who shouldn't be teachers.

Still all the tulkus being born are men.

The Buddha himself said, "I still use conceptual thinking, but I'm not formed by it." And that's the Buddha.

I never really wondered about getting from London to Lahaul. It all seemed such a natural progression. In London I felt I was in the wrong place and wanted to leave. I'd thought about going to Australia or New Zealand. It's nothing against England, but I knew I wasn't meant to be there.