Still all the tulkus being born are men.

We don't always need to be sitting at the foot of the teacher, but from time to time we need someone who can overview us and give us direction.

I think many monks hesitate to change things.

I don't think I've changed anything, but I hope that by my talks I have encouraged people in their practice. That's as much as any of us can do.

The Tibetans have many teachings on how to die, consciously, and how to remain in the clear light, and it works. You can see it working, and they can stay in that state for hours, days, or weeks.

There are certain teachers who shouldn't be teachers.

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.