In the short video below Lama Shenpen talks about the importance of having clarity of intention and following through with whatever intention you have – when things get tough, we don’t have to abandon our goal, we just return to the original intention.

“…That’s a really good message for this time, that it isn’t all hopeless and useless, that however hard we try we can’t change anything…. actually we can, we can change ourselves and that change goes with us, for the better. So that’s a very positive Buddhist outlook on life.”

Read all about Lama’s own clarity of intention that led to her following the Buddhist path and her journey to becoming a Buddhist Lama in her life story book – Keeping the Dalai Lama Waiting & Other Stories – An English Woman’s Journey to Becoming a Buddhist Lama – available now from Amazon.