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

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

I think the difference is that when we drink tea, we just drink tea. But if you're in the presence of a genuine master, they don't have to do anything but drink their tea, and yet it affects you at an incredibly profound level.

In the early '60s there was very little reliable information on Tibetan Buddhism. I was living in London and I had joined the Buddhist Society. For the most part, people there were either interested in Theravada or Zen Buddhism. There was almost no one into Tibetan Buddhism at that time.

I'm glad that I'm female.

I find that being with other people dissipates my energy.

My body is not good for prostrations.