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

There are wars, there's pestilence, there are plagues, there is corruption in religious circles, corruption in the government, when was it not?

One has to find a balance. I don't say that when you leave it you forget all about the dharma or practice, but there have to be times when you throw yourself into it, and then there are times when you just relax and realize that wherever you go, you cannot get out of the dharma.

The power of thought is extremely powerful.

We don't want to go to heaven. We want to be reborn so that we can keep going and realize the dharma so we can benefit other beings, endlessly. It's a very different thing.

Everyone should not be ordained, but for those who really feel that the only thing that matters in this world is the Dharma, then it is a logical step to adopt a form of life that automatically precludes worldly distractions.

We're always given the message that our potential is so limited, which is so sad. Actually, our potential is infinite.