Tsongkhapa, in English translation:
So the freedoms consist in freedom from the eight unfree states. Among the eight unfree states, the four unfree states of humans are (1) living in a remote and savage land where the four kinds of followers of the Buddha do not go (…)
How unfortunate to find much of the West as “savage land”! Looking around, one finds without much difficulty poisonous snakes crossing Western highways; but followers of the Buddha… However, the advice is quite instructive, and although it is often no easy task to follow it, it is supported by the realization that what generates lasting satisfaction and pride is always difficult.