If you see young tulkus when they're with other little monks, it's like in a Broadway show or something where the main character is spotlighted and the others kind of fade into the background. And you think, who is that tulku? Because that's all you see, even though they're all dressed the same and they're all the same age, but it's like the tulku is illumined. They don't look like the other ones.

It's interesting that in those countries like Taiwan or Korea, where nuns are given equal opportunities for study and practice, they also develop great social awareness.

If you lose interest in the dharma, then you might be reborn in a place where you are unlikely to meet with the dharma. And then you're completely off the path.

When we read history we find that in all ages people have thought, this is the dark age.

I have made a vow to attain Enlightenment in the female form - no matter how many lifetimes it takes.

Basically, I feel to spend the rest of my life doing retreat.

If you take the time to study how to be a doctor and how to use your scalpel and your medicine, then there are endless beings out there to help.