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Try to develop some genuine love and compassion, some real caring for others.
If you're meeting with the dharma, you have probably been a human being before.
Wherever we are and whatever we're doing, we're either conscious, or we're not.
As my lama always told me, I learned that I practice better when I'm by myself.
As women become more educated and confident, they can start adding their voice.
Until time and space exist... I vow to come back for the benefit of other beings.
One thing in the Buddhadharma is that we are not our body, we are not our gender.
Of course, now as a woman you can do so much, without being necessarily a rinpoche.
In one way I would like to teach, but I have no qualifications to teach Westerners.
People talk over and over about bodhichitta, but so often their heart is quite cold.
Even if one isn't a committed Buddhist, it just helps us become better human beings.
The Buddha said that samsara by its nature is painful. He didn't say it was a joyride.
To be completely enlightened means that you're a Buddha.I don't speak of enlightenment.
When we read history we find that in all ages people have thought, this is the dark age.
I think it's a meritorious action to become a monk, provided that your motivation is pure.
At the age of 21 I was so sensible and became a nun. I am very grateful to myself for that.
Just because someone is very charismatic, it doesn't mean that they're genuinely qualified.
There are other ways of benefiting than by being a recognized tulku and sitting on a throne.
We all have our own karma and so different teachers will be meaningful to different students.
I think, for East and West, the first thing we need is a good grounding in basic Buddhadharma.
We're not lowly sinners, we're not worthless beings. We are something jewel-like and beautiful.
You can still practice to be a better and kinder and happier person. That's perfectly possible.
We need to be sincere in our practice, but at the same time we can't take ourselves too seriously.
There is a tremendous rise now in feminine awareness and wishing for equality, equal opportunities.
Our thinking can create liberation or it can create imprisonment. It depends on how we use our mind.
I have made a vow to attain Enlightenment in the female form - no matter how many lifetimes it takes.
It's interesting to see people's projections because one lives very much in the world of projections.
When I was in retreat I just did my meditation sessions and, in-between, reading and things I had to do.
It takes a tremendous amount of merit to meet with the dharma - especially if you have an interest in it.
The future of Dharma is in women's hands now because they have this energy which was never really tapped.
Develop confidence in your innate qualities and believe that these qualities will be brought to fruition.
In our endless past lives, we've all done everything, you name it, we've done it. Good, bad, intermediate.
A dog, however nice he is, and sweet-tempered, doesn't have much of a range of options. A human being does.
The Buddha himself said, "I still use conceptual thinking, but I'm not formed by it." And that's the Buddha.
Monastic life cuts off the distractions and emotional entanglements one becomes involved in, in the lay life.
When Tibetan lamas die they stay in a realization of clear light nature of the mind for several days or weeks.
I've often said that the seventh paramita should be a sense of humor, so we don't take ourselves too seriously.
This precious life is our opportunity. We are not the millions and millions of other things that are not human.
On a relative level where we live, we need to have a sense of identity, otherwise we'd fall apart, wouldn't we?
The Dharma is a very, very special and precious thing. The more you practice it, the more you will realize this.
In the very deep darkness of this world, little pinpoints of light show up very brightly and can shine a long way.
To become effortless takes a lot of effort. It's good to compare it to learning an instrument or learning a sport.
The real spiritual power is enabling beings to realize the nature of the mind. That's the power of Buddha activity.
We should develop a deep appreciation for all the we have, and not waste it, otherwise we'll die with deep regrets.
One of the beauties of the Buddhadharma is there are so many approaches, and not everything is right for everybody.
Whether we're in retreat or out in the world, we should try to develop the quality of awareness as much as possible.
We're always given the message that our potential is so limited, which is so sad. Actually, our potential is infinite.
The answer lies within ourselves. If we can't find peace and happiness there, it's not going to come from the outside.
Distraction is the main problem for us all - what the Buddha called the monkey mind. We need to tame this monkey mind.
We have to transform those ordinary actions of our day into dharma practice because otherwise nothing is going to move.