One of the beauties of the Buddhadharma is there are so many approaches, and not everything is right for everybody.

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

Our pure awareness is not male or female.

We're not lowly sinners, we're not worthless beings. We are something jewel-like and beautiful.

We all have our own karma and so different teachers will be meaningful to different students.

If we could turn around and stand back, then we would see the whole complete pattern. And therefore what we have to do in this lifetime is to perfect this pattern, so that it will continue a most beautiful pattern next time and next time and next time and next time because we vowed until samsara is empty! Now, that's going to be a long time, so you'd better get prepared for the long haul, and the best way to do that is to really prepare yourself as much as possible in this lifetime, and not waste your opportunities so that we can genuinely benefit beings, endlessly, endlessly, endlessly.

The dharma is here. And the dharma is in your heart. Where else would it be?