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JUPITERASC

JUPITERASC

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“Living in this world of the 21st century
which we’ve come to call the information era
we are able to see more than ever before
how each and every one of us is interconnected with each other.
The intimate and deep connection between every person and place
has become more evident than it ever was, due to our technology
social media, and so forth.
This enables us to see clearly
how much of an effect we have on one another
and how we all rely on each other
…. Each person is not really independent
because our happiness and suffering
depend on the happiness and suffering of others.
When we fail to understand this, we increase our own suffering
and that of others as well as our own selfishness
and the problems we make for others.
We do need a sense of self-preservation, but
a problem comes when that sense of self-preservation becomes exclusive and excessive:
it turns into a limitation
because we are solely concerned about ourselves
and utterly ignorant of the plight and feelings of others.
When we allow ourselves to become that way, we are ignoring the fact
that our very existence, let alone our happiness, depends entirely upon others :smile:
So it is extremely important to understand this interconnectedness.”
HH The Gyalwang Karmapa
From the Teachings on "The 37 Practices of a Bodhisattva", New York, May 2018




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