There is a tremendous rise now in feminine awareness and wishing for equality, equal opportunities.

All of us are playing roles, and there's nothing wrong with playing roles because we have to live in this world - the problem is only when we believe in those roles.

The thing to do in this lifetime is to create more merit.

Why are we sitting? Why are we practicing? Why are we doing anything? It's not so I can be happy. It's so I can embody the dharma in order to benefit other beings.

I think the difference is that when we drink tea, we just drink tea. But if you're in the presence of a genuine master, they don't have to do anything but drink their tea, and yet it affects you at an incredibly profound level.

My mother's love was really not based on attachment. Her love was genuine love. To make me happy, not how I will make her happy.

I'm glad that I'm female.