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The food we eat, the clothes we wear, the air we breathe have all arisen interdependently. We cannot survive alone. We cannot eat, wear clothes, or breathe alone. The more keenly we are aware of this, the more we will begin to take responsibility for the welfare of other beings.

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Ogyen Trinley Dorje,

HH The 17th Karmapa

interdependence is the foundation of all life in this universe. when we see something or someone as separate, we are bobbing along in an ocean of delusion and ignorance. we might say, “oh? big deal.” but this ignorance, this delusion is the root of all harm, violence, destruction, and suffering we see and participate in. it is the cause of poverty, hunger, and violence/war. so, it is imperative that we do the work within ourselves to cut through this delusion, to open our own hearts and minds as a starting point, for the benefit of our world and all life. and it is imperative, an act of love, to call upon others to do the same.

in hate we will fall together into the abyss. 

or with love, we can rise together into new life.

~j

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