Most of the spiritual traditions were very theistic and the idea of an external god pulling the strings didn't resonate with me. I then discovered Buddhism and found the perfect path. I felt so grateful to the Buddha for having given the path, and not just explaining the end result, but showing so clearly how to get there.

At one time I thought that if I could really understand renunciation and bodhichitta from the depths of my heart, then, for this lifetime that would be enough.

Our relative being is what rules our relative world.

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

Meditation is a way to take us to a deeper level of awareness.

I think we females have a lot of work to do for each other.

The Buddha himself said, "I still use conceptual thinking, but I'm not formed by it." And that's the Buddha.