Ultimately there is light and love and intelligence in this universe. And we are it, we carry that within us, it’s not just something out there, it is within us and this is what we are trying to re-connect with, our original light and love and intelligence, which is who we are, so do not get so distracted by all this other stuff, you know, really remember what we are here on this planet for.

Monastic life cuts off the distractions and emotional entanglements one becomes involved in, in the lay life.

The answer lies within ourselves. If we can't find peace and happiness there, it's not going to come from the outside.

One of the beauties of the Buddhadharma is there are so many approaches, and not everything is right for everybody.

My body is not good for prostrations.

The problem is that our inherent ignorance keeps us in samsara and unable to benefit ourselves and others on a really deep level.

When I heard that our bodies change when we get a bit older, I thought, oh good, now I'll go back to being a boy again. But it didn't happen like that.