Develop confidence in your innate qualities and believe that these qualities will be brought to fruition.

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

In the early '60s there was very little reliable information on Tibetan Buddhism. I was living in London and I had joined the Buddhist Society. For the most part, people there were either interested in Theravada or Zen Buddhism. There was almost no one into Tibetan Buddhism at that time.

As women become more educated and confident, they can start adding their voice.

The Dharma is a very, very special and precious thing. The more you practice it, the more you will realize this.

Distraction is the main problem for us all - what the Buddha called the monkey mind. We need to tame this monkey mind.

I think, for East and West, the first thing we need is a good grounding in basic Buddhadharma.