At the age of 21 I was so sensible and became a nun. I am very grateful to myself for that.

All the other religions I had ever read about dealt with the idea of God, and your relationship with God. Buddhism is the only religion that deals with man himself and the nature of the mind - how to deal with yourself and your condition, here and now, as opposed to having to deal with something outside yourself.

Most of the people I talk to are not going to go off and live in a cave. Why should they? So I talk about how people can stop separating dharma practice - going on retreats, going to dharma centers, hearing talks, reading books - from their ordinary life.

In one way I would like to teach, but I have no qualifications to teach Westerners.

Our relative being is what rules our relative world.

Actually we've got countless lifetimes, so relax.

You can certainly learn how to rest in the nature of the mind.