Obviously being relaxed doesn't mean that you make no effort.

We do have the precious opportunity of this human life.

At the age of 21 I was so sensible and became a nun. I am very grateful to myself for that.

We need to be sincere in our practice, but at the same time we can't take ourselves too seriously.

In a monastic setting, if someone doesn't want to obey the rules and just wants to live the way they've always lived as a lay person, then why did they become ordained? They have no sense that they have to give something up to gain so much.

There are wars, there's pestilence, there are plagues, there is corruption in religious circles, corruption in the government, when was it not?

For some people, every door opens, and they meet just who they need to meet when they need to meet them, all the conditions come together. For other people, there is one problem after the other, even though they are so sincere. And from a Tibetan point of view, this is because of a lack of merit.