My most important projects have been the building and maintaining of schools and medical clinics for my dear friends in the Himalaya and helping restore their beautiful monasteries, too.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I believe that of all the things I have done, exciting though many of them have been, there's no doubt in my mind that the most worthwhile have been the establishing of schools and hospitals, and the rebuilding of monasteries in the mountains.
I brought several national projects to Katihar.
I do pick my projects very meticulously. I want my projects to be meaningful.
I need to find those projects more often: the ones that really, really speak to me. I do better work in those situations and have a better time.
I have been very fortunate in my life. I think I have an angel that is always with me. Good projects always come to me.
My favorite part of any project is the preparation. It's where you get to meet the people, the experts.
I have done one thing that I think is a contribution: I helped Buddhist science and modern science combine. No other Buddhist has done that. Other lamas, I don't think they ever pay attention to modern science. Since my childhood, I have a keen interest.
I think my Buddhist practice has a profound influence on my life and encompasses my creative projects.
Most projects that I've done are really not about the project. They're about what's going on inside and around, that journey that we're all on, and what I can do to help that journey further itself and be of encouragement to somebody.
I have devoted my energies to the study of the scriptures, observing monastic discipline, and singing the daily services in church; study, teaching, and writing have always been my delight.