THE INDIVIDUAL EGO-IDENTITY IS BUT A WAVE IN AN INFINITESIMAL OCEAN OF WAVES; A CONCENTRATED CREST WITH ITS OWN UNIQUE POTENTIAL

TIBETAN BUDDHIST

One must know that no existing thing has an independent existence.  One must know that all things are interdependent.

BIBLICAL

(Ephesians 4:25):  We are members, one of another.

BUDDHIST

(Shantideva 8-12):  Why should I be unable to regard the bodies of others as “I”?  It is not difficult to see that my body is also that of others.

(Lankavatara, from Sutra 78):  All things are devoid of self-nature (separate existence); things separated from concatenation belong to the discrimination of the ignorant.

TAOISM

(Chuang Tzu 27):  The ten-thousand things all come from the same seed, and with their different forms they give a place to one another.

SIKHISM

(Adi Granth, Japuji 2):  Says Nanak, Should man realize the power of the Law, he would certainly disclaim his ego (self).

HINDUSIM

(Katha Upanishad):  He is one, the lord and the innermost self of All; of one form he makes himself many forms.  To him who sees the Self revealed in his own heart, belongs eternal bliss.

(Bhagavad Gita):  Those who are established within themselves, see the Self in every creature, and all of creation within the Self.