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Whether It Is Under The Guise Of Survival And Self-defence Or Directly Expressed Through Dominion And Greed, The Failure To Recognize The Common Humanity Shared By Us All Lies At The Heart Of Our Difficulties. To Overcome It, We Should Begin To Develop, From The Level Of The Individual Through That Of Society To The World At Large, What I Call A Sense Of Universal Responsibility; A Deep Respect For Every Living Being Who Lives On This One Small Planet And Calls It Home.

With The Realization Of Ones Own Potential And Self-confidence In Ones Ability, One Can Build A Better World. According To My Own Experience, Self-confidence Is Very Important. That Sort Of Confidence Is Not A Blind One; It Is An Awareness Of Ones Own Potential. On That Basis, Human Beings Can Transform Themselves By Increasing The Good Qualities And Reducing The Negative Qualities.

In This Century We Have Made Remarkable Material Progress, But Basically We Are The Same As We Were Thousands Of Years Ago. Our Spiritual Needs Are Still Very Great.

There Are Techniques Of Buddhism, Such As Meditation, That Anyone Can Adopt.

As Human Beings We Have The Same Experience Of Destructive And Constructive Emotions. We Also Have A Human Mind Capable Of Developing Wisdom. We All Have The Same Buddha Nature.