When I look back I can think that of course I've been lazy and haven't practiced as much as I could have and have wasted time. Still though, I look back on my life and I think that really, I am very happy that I lived my life the way I have and I would never ever have wished it any other way - especially, the six years with my lama and then the 18 in Lahul.

Our pure awareness is not male or female.

There is a tremendous rise now in feminine awareness and wishing for equality, equal opportunities.

Yes, times are not good, but when were times good? This is samsara.

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

If you take the time to study how to be a doctor and how to use your scalpel and your medicine, then there are endless beings out there to help.

My mother was a spiritualist. We had weekly séances at our house with a neighbor who was a medium and various friends, and so I was brought up with the idea that there are many realms of being all around us. So that prepared me for Buddhism, and especially Tibetan Buddhism with all its talk of different realms and dimensions of being.