It's very important to realize that every person that you meet, everything that you do, with the right attitude and a little awareness and skillful means - we can transform everything - all our joys and sorrows.

We live in a society which is heading in one direction, so it's good to have at least a few friends who share the same values and can encourage us and help us to remember that we're not alone or peculiar, but that what we're doing is a very valid way of life. This will encourage us to put the Dharma at the centre of our life and not the periphery, to use our daily life as our Dharma practice.

Buddha activity doesn't mean radiating light and elevating yourself up a thousand feet in the air. That's not the point. The point is, as Zen is always saying - and Tibetans understand this also very well - every activity becomes perfect Buddha activity.

One thing in the Buddhadharma is that we are not our body, we are not our gender.

Just because someone is very charismatic, it doesn't mean that they're genuinely qualified.

When Tibetan lamas die they stay in a realization of clear light nature of the mind for several days or weeks.

I have made a vow to attain Enlightenment in the female form - no matter how many lifetimes it takes.