To want not to want, you'll tie yourself in knots. So this is why the Tibetans always say, just relax the mind and open.

Obviously the dharma is every breath we take, every thought we think, every word we speak, if we do it with awareness and an open, caring heart.

To be a nun is a very great blessing. It's a great inspiration to think that the Sangha goes all the way back to the Buddha and that so many fantastic, really truly-realized beings have been ordained. Thinking of all those members, such a wonderful, exalted and holy order - I love the Sangha.

Still all the tulkus being born are men.

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

Until time and space exist... I vow to come back for the benefit of other beings.

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.