I sometimes feel tremendous compassion and helplessness.

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.

The real spiritual power is enabling beings to realize the nature of the mind. That's the power of Buddha activity.

Monastic life cuts off the distractions and emotional entanglements one becomes involved in, in the lay life.

We have to transform those ordinary actions of our day into dharma practice because otherwise nothing is going to move.

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

First you have to help yourself.