Try to develop some genuine love and compassion, some real caring for others.

Because we're trying, because we want, it's very hard to get.

There are certain people who people think are enlightened. The problem with the word enlightenment is what you mean by it.

What I like about Tibetan Buddhism is it was taken to Tibet in the 7th century and then again in the 11th. It has everything that had been collected in India up until that time. And so on all levels, it's so vast.

I find that being with other people dissipates my energy.

Wherever we are and whatever we're doing, we're either conscious, or we're not.

I think the problem with Western students is they're very ambitious.