We Need to Cultivate a Universal Responsibility for One Another and the Planet We Share Dalai Lama

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I believe all suffering is caused by ignorance.

People inflict pain on others in the selfish pursuit of their happiness or satisfaction.

Yet true happiness comes from a sense of brotherhood and sisterhood.

We need to cultivate a universal responsibility for one another and the planet we share.

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