The second notion the Diamond Sutra advises us to throw
away is the notion of person or human being. When we look into the human being,
we see animal, plant and mineral ancestors. A human is made of non-human
elements. If we take away the non-human elements, the human being would no
longer be there.
This is the oldest teaching on deep ecology. To protect the
human being, you have to protect what is not human. Discriminating between
human and nature is wrong view.
Thich Nhat Hanh, Beyond the self, p xii
I love this teaching! It totally resonates with my view of the world, and relates to another post on David Suzuki speaking at WOMADelaide.
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