Of course, I realize that buy clothing made by others, food grown and prepared by others. Is that understanding interdependence?

When we say “interdependent” it is not simply a philosophy of interdependence; we need to develop a way of life that reflects this interdependence. 

The way we live our life should be wholly within this experience, this reality of interdependence.

We need to understand that existence is completely dependent upon the environment around us. 

Then we would spontaneously have a concern and care for the natural environment that we are living in, this concern would be clear and unmistakable.

HH, 17^th Karmapa
Ogyen Trinley Dorje

From Kamashila
Short-Ngon-dro teaching
Germany, 2014