People talk over and over about bodhichitta, but so often their heart is quite cold.

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

I think the problem with Western students is they're very ambitious.

One of the beauties of the Buddhadharma is there are so many approaches, and not everything is right for everybody.

The thing to do in this lifetime is to create more merit.

We have to know what is Buddhadharma and what is not Buddhadharma. It needn't go on forever. You don't have to spend 18 years at it. But still, a basic and uncompromised understanding of Buddhist principles is important. Very basic: the three signs of being, the four noble rruths, karma, and so on.

We do have the precious opportunity of this human life.