The Tibetans are good at learning many skillful ways to show that everything we do becomes dharma practice, depending on which kind of approach we use.

When I look back I feel very grateful.

Our relative being is what rules our relative world.

When I was in retreat I just did my meditation sessions and, in-between, reading and things I had to do.

My body is not good for prostrations.

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.

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