One thing in the Buddhadharma is that we are not our body, we are not our gender.

Ultimately there is light and love and intelligence in this universe. And we are it, we carry that within us, it’s not just something out there, it is within us and this is what we are trying to re-connect with, our original light and love and intelligence, which is who we are, so do not get so distracted by all this other stuff, you know, really remember what we are here on this planet for.

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

My mother was superb. Even when I said to her, when I was nineteen, oh, I'm going to India. Her immediate reaction was, oh yes dear, and when are you leaving? She didn't say, oh how could you leave me, your mother? Or wait a bit dear until you get a bit older and you know your own mind. She just said, well, when are you going? And that was because she loved me, not because she didn't love me.

My body is not good for prostrations.

It takes a tremendous amount of merit to meet with the dharma - especially if you have an interest in it.

Until you are open, you cannot receive.