If you go to any nunnery and ask them what the main obstacle is, they'll always say low self-esteem and lack of confidence. It will take time. But the difference between the first girls from Ladakh who became nuns, to the girls we have now, is very encouraging.

Even if one isn't a committed Buddhist, it just helps us become better human beings.

It's important to lighten up a bit!

Different people are different.

I think to dwell continually on the dark side creates gloom and despair and anger and hatred, and that just adds to the darkness. So rather than that, we need to think of the beauty in the world, and also send out love and compassion to all beings in this world. Not just the people we like, but people who we find difficult. Because they are very deeply in need of compassion.

Tibetans are great with meritorious practices.

We only think about the difficult people and the horrible things that happen. That's what gets all the media attention.