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

At one time I thought that if I could really understand renunciation and bodhichitta from the depths of my heart, then, for this lifetime that would be enough.

As a human being, we have everything we need. It's enough suffering to give us incentive to go on, but not so much that we don't know where to turn.

I think the difference is that when we drink tea, we just drink tea. But if you're in the presence of a genuine master, they don't have to do anything but drink their tea, and yet it affects you at an incredibly profound level.

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

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

You have to recharge your batteries.