Western Tibetan Buddhists are always looking out there at the distant snow peaks and they lose the flowers along the path.

I've always loved the Sangha. I have the deepest, deepest respect for them. I'm very sorry that in the West people don't appreciate what the monastic order is about.

What I like about Tibetan Buddhism is it was taken to Tibet in the 7th century and then again in the 11th. It has everything that had been collected in India up until that time. And so on all levels, it's so vast.

You have to recharge your batteries.

Sometimes people come and they have so much pain and confusion in their eyes... what to do? A few words is a little bit of balm but doesn't really solve the deep disease within.

I do think that someone who decides to devote themselves entirely to the spiritual life, that that is more meritorious.

Merit clears away obstacles.