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

We're not lowly sinners, we're not worthless beings. We are something jewel-like and beautiful.

Meditation is a way to take us to a deeper level of awareness.

From the point of view of the relative world, merit is very important.

The real spiritual power is enabling beings to realize the nature of the mind. That's the power of Buddha activity.

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

We do look for inspiration amongst our own sex. Why not? You go into temples and they're full of all the lineage lamas who are male. What message does that give to a young girl, except that somehow she got trapped in the wrong body because of bad things she did in a past life?