If nuns begin getting more empowered, where does that leave us?

I think it's a meritorious action to become a monk, provided that your motivation is pure.

If you're born in the higher realms, then it's too pleasant, and you don't have any incentive to practice. If you're born in the lower realms, you don't have any opportunity to practice.

Still all the tulkus being born are men.

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

Nowadays, mindfulness has become a catch-all word, but the general principle of trying to be more conscious and aware in our daily life is very important. Along with this, it's helpful to contemplate some of the mind training verses which are designed to take and transform all of the problems we experience.

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