Until you are open, you cannot receive.

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

We have to transform those ordinary actions of our day into dharma practice because otherwise nothing is going to move.

I don't know why I got reborn as a female. Maybe in my past life I had some sympathy or something for women, but I certainly wasn't a female last time.

I never really wondered about getting from London to Lahaul. It all seemed such a natural progression. In London I felt I was in the wrong place and wanted to leave. I'd thought about going to Australia or New Zealand. It's nothing against England, but I knew I wasn't meant to be there.

In the very deep darkness of this world, little pinpoints of light show up very brightly and can shine a long way.

We have met with the dharma. Many of us have met with teachers. We do have some idea of what to do and how to practice. And we should not be lazy.