Buddhists would say that if you look closely, you find no distinction between yourself and everyone else. We are made of each other. Empathy and compassion are our nature because nothing happens to just me or just you. It’s one shared life, and we suffer when we fail to recognize this.
I love the African philosophy of ubuntu: ‘I am who I am, because of who we all are’
Buddhists would say that if you look closely, you find no distinction between yourself and everyone else. We are made of each other. Empathy and compassion are our nature because nothing happens to just me or just you. It’s one shared life, and we suffer when we fail to recognize this.
This is a really good perspective too!
Wait, is THAT the origin of the name of a specific variant of Linux?
It is indeed!
Neat!