I think it's a meritorious action to become a monk, provided that your motivation is pure.

It's not a matter of how much you know or can define, or how many millions of mantras or thousands of prostrations you have done, or how many months of wangs you've attended. The important thing is whether or not the mind is really changing, whether our negative emotions are really coming under control, whether we are really beginning to understand ourselves, whether our mind is really improving, and whether in our hearts there is genuine love and caring for other people.

As women become more educated and confident, they can start adding their voice.

To become effortless takes a lot of effort. It's good to compare it to learning an instrument or learning a sport.

Some students went to Milarepa and said, we should stop living in caves and meditating because we should go out and help beings as bodhisattvas. And Milarepa said that as long as space exists, so long will there be beings for you to help.

We're always given the message that our potential is so limited, which is so sad. Actually, our potential is infinite.

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