Yes, times are not good, but when were times good? This is samsara.

There is a basic problem that a lot of Western monks and nuns become ordained without really understanding or appreciating what the monastic life is all about.

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

We all have our own karma and so different teachers will be meaningful to different students.

For so many centuries women have been suppressed and regarded as inferior. And that of course is not right at all, that we all have buddha-nature - so what's the difference?

To be completely enlightened means that you're a Buddha.I don't speak of enlightenment.

Our thinking can create liberation or it can create imprisonment. It depends on how we use our mind.