Buddha activity doesn't mean radiating light and elevating yourself up a thousand feet in the air. That's not the point. The point is, as Zen is always saying - and Tibetans understand this also very well - every activity becomes perfect Buddha activity.

Yes, times are not good, but when were times good? This is samsara.

To want not to want, you'll tie yourself in knots. So this is why the Tibetans always say, just relax the mind and open.

We have the pure nature of the mind.

I've always loved the Sangha. I have the deepest, deepest respect for them. I'm very sorry that in the West people don't appreciate what the monastic order is about.

This precious life is our opportunity. We are not the millions and millions of other things that are not human.

Buddha activity doesn't mean radiating light and elevating yourself up a thousand feet in the air. That's not the point. The point is, as Zen is always saying - and Tibetans understand this also very well - every activity becomes perfect Buddha activity.