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I'm glad that I'm female.
Merit clears away obstacles.
Different people are different.
In this life you have obstacles.
First you have to help yourself.
It's important to lighten up a bit!
You have to recharge your batteries.
We have the pure nature of the mind.
My body is not good for prostrations.
When I look back I feel very grateful.
Until you are open, you cannot receive.
We're reborn every second, every moment.
Still all the tulkus being born are men.
There are wonderful beings in this world.
Our pure awareness is not male or female.
The power of thought is extremely powerful.
Women are fully capable of doing everything.
I think many monks hesitate to change things.
Tibetans are great with meritorious practices.
The nature of the mind is completely incredible.
Actually we've got countless lifetimes, so relax.
It's unlikely that you were a frog in a past life.
We shouldn't be too naïve, or taken in by charisma.
Our relative being is what rules our relative world.
There are certain teachers who shouldn't be teachers.
We do have the precious opportunity of this human life.
I sometimes feel tremendous compassion and helplessness.
The thing to do in this lifetime is to create more merit.
The Buddha always emphased the important of good friends.
I find that being with other people dissipates my energy.
Keep your practice very simple and don't be too ambitious.
I think we females have a lot of work to do for each other.
We are educated. We can think. We have the freedom to think.
Basically, I feel to spend the rest of my life doing retreat.
Obviously being relaxed doesn't mean that you make no effort.
Because we're trying, because we want, it's very hard to get.
In the beginning especially, we won't realize we're changing.
If you just follow your inner calling, then you just go ahead.
You can certainly learn how to rest in the nature of the mind.
Meditation is a way to take us to a deeper level of awareness.
If nuns begin getting more empowered, where does that leave us?
Yes, times are not good, but when were times good? This is samsara.
In Dharma practice, the most important thing is to be very sincere.
Either we're aware and present, or we're not. There is no half way.
I think the problem with Western students is they're very ambitious.
From the point of view of the relative world, merit is very important.
I really don't know what I could teach and don't really plan to teach.
We have produced many of our problems through our confused mental states.
To be enlightened doesn't mean you end up stupefied and unable to function.
The dharma is here. And the dharma is in your heart. Where else would it be?