Wherever we are and whatever we're doing, we're either conscious, or we're not.

Merit clears away obstacles.

Realization is wonderful, but you have to expand it until there's not a single defilement left in the mind and the mind is completely open and spacious. Even in that condition, you still use the relative mind. You use them both.

Either we're aware and present, or we're not. There is no half way.

Wherever we are and whatever we're doing, we're either conscious, or we're not.

I never really wondered about getting from London to Lahaul. It all seemed such a natural progression. In London I felt I was in the wrong place and wanted to leave. I'd thought about going to Australia or New Zealand. It's nothing against England, but I knew I wasn't meant to be there.

The dharma is here. And the dharma is in your heart. Where else would it be?