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@@ -38895,3 +38895,27 @@ voice he sang the verses of his testament, which include the following lines:
     This is the supreme empowerment of empowerments.
 
   -- from "Masters of Meditation and Miracles", by Tulku Thondup.
+~
+  The view of interdependence makes for a great openness of mind.  In general,
+instead of realizing that what we experience arises from a complicated network
+of causes, we tend to attribute happiness or sadness, for example, to single,
+individual sources.  But if this were so, as soon as we came into contact with
+what we consider to be good, we would be automatically happy, and conversely,
+in the case of bad things, invariably sad.  The causes of joy and sorrow would
+be easy to identify and target.  It would all be very simple, and there would
+be good reason for our anger and attachment.  When, on the other hand, we
+consider that everything we experience results from a complex interplay of
+causes and conditions, we find that there is no single thing to desire or
+resent, and it is more difficult for the afflictions of attachment or anger to
+arise.  In this way, the view of interdependence makes our minds more relaxed
+and open.
+  By training our minds and getting used to this view, we change our way of
+seeing things, and as a result we gradually change our behavior and do less
+harm to others.  As it says in the sutras:
+
+      Abandon evildoing;
+      Practice virtue well;
+      Subdue your mind:
+      This is the Buddha’s teaching.
+
+  -- H.H. the Dalai Lama, from "For the Benefit of All Beings"