The problem is that our inherent ignorance keeps us in samsara and unable to benefit ourselves and others on a really deep level.

Either we're aware and present, or we're not. There is no half way.

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

If you take the time to study how to be a doctor and how to use your scalpel and your medicine, then there are endless beings out there to help.

Everyone should not be ordained, but for those who really feel that the only thing that matters in this world is the Dharma, then it is a logical step to adopt a form of life that automatically precludes worldly distractions.

The Tibetans have many teachings on how to die, consciously, and how to remain in the clear light, and it works. You can see it working, and they can stay in that state for hours, days, or weeks.

From the point of view of emptiness, there is neither being nor non-being, but we're not on the point of view of emptiness, we're on the point of view of our relative being.