You have to recharge your batteries.

Either we're aware and present, or we're not. There is no half way.

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

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.

In our endless past lives, we've all done everything, you name it, we've done it. Good, bad, intermediate.

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.

I've always loved the Sangha. I have the deepest, deepest respect for them. I'm very sorry that in the West people don't appreciate what the monastic order is about.