We do have the precious opportunity of this human life.

There is an enormous joy and satisfaction in doing what you really want to do and are best fitted to do. When it all comes together like that, it gives you a wonderful sense of well-being and satisfaction knowing that you have been doing what you were intended to do for this lifetime.

I do think that someone who decides to devote themselves entirely to the spiritual life, that that is more meritorious.

We're reborn every second, every moment.

I think it would help if, when people are first ordained, they underwent a period of strict training, maybe for several years. During this time they would learn basic Buddhist philosophy in a monastic community where all the teaching and training was directed toward living a perfect monastic life and wasn't channeled out to fit into the lay life - which is what usually happens in Dharma centers where the teachings are directed toward how to live the Dharma in your everyday life.

I have made a vow to attain Enlightenment in the female form - no matter how many lifetimes it takes.

Of course, now as a woman you can do so much, without being necessarily a rinpoche.