A dog, however nice he is, and sweet-tempered, doesn't have much of a range of options. A human being does.

Many people are benefiting beings, but from a dharma point of view, if you are a dharma practitioner, then the first priority is to get yourself together.

Learn not to be too ambitious; not to expect if you have a 9-to-5 job and three kids, that you're likely to get buddhahood in one lifetime.

Since I was a small child, I'd believed we were inherently perfect, and that we had to keep coming back again and again until we recognized our innate perfection.

I think, for East and West, the first thing we need is a good grounding in basic Buddhadharma.

I've often said that the seventh paramita should be a sense of humor, so we don't take ourselves too seriously.

The Dharma is a very, very special and precious thing. The more you practice it, the more you will realize this.