On Interdependence

Everything in life happens due to various causes and conditions coming together. Interdependence reveals the profound implications of this simple fact. It shows us that everything that exists is a condition that affects others, and is affected in turn, in a vast and complex web of causality. As part of that web, we ourselves are a condition that impacts those around us. That means if we change, so do others.
~ 17th Karmapa

生活中的一切都是由於各種原因緣聚集而生。相互依存揭示了這一簡單事實的深刻含義。它向我們表明，存在的一切是一種影響他人的條件，反過來又在巨大而複雜的因果關係網中受到影響。作為網路的一部分，我們自己是一個影響周圍人的條件。這意味著如果我們改變，其他人也改變。
~ 十七世大寶法王