In fact there are beautiful people in this world doing incredibly selfless acts over and over and over. Dedicating their lives completely for the welfare and happiness of others.

We shouldn't be too naïve, or taken in by charisma.

Try to develop some genuine love and compassion, some real caring for others.

If you don't find that people find you're easier to live with than you were before, if you don't find that your heart is feeling warmer toward others and if your negative emotions are not getting any better, then there's something wrong. That is always the touchstone of the Dharma practice.

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

Our thinking can create liberation or it can create imprisonment. It depends on how we use our mind.

In the early '60s there was very little reliable information on Tibetan Buddhism. I was living in London and I had joined the Buddhist Society. For the most part, people there were either interested in Theravada or Zen Buddhism. There was almost no one into Tibetan Buddhism at that time.