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.

You can still practice to be a better and kinder and happier person. That's perfectly possible.

If you've made a lot of negative seeds, and not a lot of positive seeds, even though you meet with the dharma, you're going to have problems.

If you're born in the higher realms, then it's too pleasant, and you don't have any incentive to practice. If you're born in the lower realms, you don't have any opportunity to practice.

Whether we're in retreat or out in the world, we should try to develop the quality of awareness as much as possible.

Monastic life cuts off the distractions and emotional entanglements one becomes involved in, in the lay life.

To become effortless takes a lot of effort. It's good to compare it to learning an instrument or learning a sport.