We human beings are all parts of the same body. Just because we do not wish to acknowledge another person’s importance does not mean that this person is unimportant to our well-being. Just because we do not wish to acknowledge what we share with others does not mean that we can separate ourselves from them. Interdependence is an inescapable truth of our existence.
Of course, we are not all identical. Because certain differences do exist between us, we all have something to offer each other. We can work together making our diverse and complementary contributions. Because we are all part of the same social body, it is in our own best interest to assure that we can all function well together.
17th Karmapa
from the book The Heart Is Noble: Changing the World from the Inside Out
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Further quotes from the book The Heart Is Noble:
- Capacity for Change
- Finding our nobility of heart
- Taking delight in your inner nature
- Difference without Division
- My trust is a gift
- There are no fixed starting points
- Loving Responsibility
- Boxed limitless potential
- Authentic love
- Our life is vast
- Just Love
- We truly have everything we need already
- Disconnected from our own noble heart
- Look what he did
- Interdependent reality
- Who are you
- Our relationship to the material world
- The kindness we receive from others
- Making healthy relationships possible
- Take joy in your sincere intentions